Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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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

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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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Heav Chimeficlasstime 5 E VVhere's my pot? Got your number four schedule card? 'QI-Iey, where is this Heavilon Hall, anyway?', Freshmen, having arisen at 6:00 AM for their first Monday morning eight o'clocks, walk into class twenty minutes late. Breathless and con- fused, they question the validity of the chiming clock in the tower. Upperclassmen also straggle into class late, but itis not due to their confusion about classes. Perhaps a Wee bit of the morning after the night beforei' or an extra cup of coffee at the G and B is the reason. Even though the walls of our soc class have been Kemtoned a beautiful light green-psychologists say that it makes time pass faster-we still nod and cloze through lectures, movies, and class discussions. Alert sophomores take reams of notes, ask clever questions, and generally raise the class curve, while senior 10's smile contentedly as they play a couple of rubbers of bridge in the back row. VVe meet many new eds and coeds as we Walk from English on the ag campus to the quonsets for chem- istry, but we feel we are better qualified for guiding campus tours than attending classes-certainly more prepared. In the fall we watch familiar buildings being torn downg in the winter the little tractor with the whisk broom on the front throws slush all over usg and in the spring we eye the convertibles lined up in the State Street parade. What Purdue would have missed without the spirit of one brick higher.