Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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Bookstore . if Stand on the white line, please. But who can End the white line? After the maze of registration and when our schedule cards are the visas of the day, our first trip is usually to the bookstore. Pushing and shov- ing are the rule as Emily Post is forgotten in our quest for the most reasonable second-hand fpossibly third- or fourth-handj books. We all snicker at the joker who is desperately trying to barter his books that have been lately dropped from the list of Purdue textbooks. VVe decide, after journeying from one State Street book-nook to another, that each of these establishments should install the proverbial swinging door. 8

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KWH! The Village got a face-lifting, but the Corn Crib is still there Down the street from the corner of the campus is the center of our West Side civilization, the Vil. Harry's, Deacls, the Corn Crib, Bartlett's-could you count the number of times you have been there? Wlietliei' itls a bag of popcorn or an aspirin, we can find it in the Village. The yellow-slickered coed waiting for a bus and the pledge in front of the post oflice loaded down with laundry cases-these are you, the inhabitants of the Vil. A bustling thoroughfare of activity during the day, State Street applies a more somber face when night comes. The doors close, the lights dim, and we rest for another busy day. X

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After we've collected our dog-eared copies of Shakespeare or nuclear physics, we go in search of some kind-hearted car-owner who would like to play Sir Galahad. That walk home seems awfully long. Completely dejected and exhausted from our shop- ping spree, We vow that next semester we'll concoct a share-the-book plan with our roommates. Books and registration are usually spoken of in the same breath, and along with thoughts of regis- tration come many humorous and infuriating mem- ories. Actually the old registration resembled an overgrown income tax office or selective service induction center. It was disheartening the first time it was thrust upon us, when as bewildered freshmen we wandered dazedly through the maze of roped-off traffic lanes, tables, signs, and people, people, people. But all these griefs were soon for- gotten, and we fell into the ranks of seasoned Purduvians who enjoyed coming back from summer vacation a week early for this bothersome chore. Think of it! A whole week on the campus with nothing to do but register. VVith the exception of that one day, the week was wide open for partying. We talk about the new pre-registration system, trying to figure out some way to get around the dullness of merely dropping a letter in the mail box. Finally we find the El,IlSXV61', 'fCome back a week early anyhowf, O 0 K' . . . Follows Registration Registration passes from bedlam to quiet order. The new freshmen will never know the old chaos. QQLQO Qfaectagi ROWS NUMBERED FROM LEFT TO Resin I-5 Rows 6-9+ 9 KGRICULTURE GHEMICAL ENG. GIVH. ENG. ELECTRICAL ENG. ERESHMAN I ENG. ERESHMAN 2 ENG- TE SCHQQL GRADUA :cs 3 Hgmi score! 5 . QECHANICAL AEN?- H Y . Riiigxiii Enucfmv P t 1 'I E -Q 9