Riverside College - Tequesquite Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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and Waiting THE COUNSELORS meant well, and doubtless they were a help, but we had moments when we wondered. There were so many nice courses we wanted to take, only to be told we didn ' t have the prerequisites, or there was a conflict, or the course wouldn ' t meet the University of California ' s Re- quirement No. FX81B. Student Body dues were a jolt, but of course everything was all right when we found the payment covered the Tequesquite. (Whatever that was.) Finally the big day arrived, and we strolled off to our first college class, hoping our nervousness wouldn ' t show. Suddenly, during a lull in the first lecture, just about the time the instructor was telling us how easy it would be to flunk his course, we were seized with the realization . . . .We ' re In! TEST TIME— Counsalor Evan Vail stands in a sea of prospective students taking those infernal placement tests. This particular group happens to be made up largely of future evening students. MONEY PLEASE-Mrs. Lenore Campbell trades a copy of Tiger Tales and an ASB card for 15 of Pat ' s hard-earned do II a re. COUNSELOR William Wiley helps Pat make out her schedule. At right, Pat finds her way to her first class. It was more than a bit crowded.

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After the Red Tape COURSES GALORE— A couple of prospective students pour over the seem- ingly endless list of courses. They must have given up, because later nobody could be found on campus to identify them. AND WAITING, and waiting, and waiting — we found ourselves half- way in. Sometimes it seemed we were spending more time in line than vv e ever would in class — that is, if we could only get in a class. First there were all those confusing forms to fill out. Then we found to our chagrin that we couldn ' t leave our high school record behind, no matter how undistinguished it was, and no matter how we assured the office that we were older now, and those high school grades didn ' t really represent the real us. No doubt those placement tests they threw at us were designed to make our college exams look easy. Vocabulary words only a pedant would use. Arithmetic problems we hadn ' t met since the eighth grade. Sentences to punctuate that nobody in his right mind would create for himself. IN THE BEGINNING-Suzie Tipton hands a registration card to Pat Freeman as the door to education begins to open. EXAMINATION— Pat unlocks the second door by passing the A.C.E. Test, even though she was startled by the photographer. Excellent test scores qualified her for just the classes she wanted.

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Blissful Tranquillity Ends .l-iJiJ CAMPUS CROWD-A familiar sight between classes is the swarm of students rushing through the Quad, burdened with books, but from the sound and looks of things obviously concerned with many things besides studying. DAY Rich IS DONE— Tom Hoffman holds up the Terracina archway as Terry Johnston and Contreras leave after a long hard day hitting the books. As Studies IT WAS ALMOST A RELIEF to begin studying. Regis- tration was a bit hectic, but the time finally arrived v hen for better or for Vi orse the program was set, books were purchased, and we were committed to a schedule of classes. Getting ofF to a good start had its own kind of excite- ment. It was fun to size up the class, pick out who were to be the eager beavers, who the quietly competent students. It was fun to size up the instructor, too. Was he to be the kind you could con out of a deadline with a sad story? A sadist who took delight in the low grade point average of his classes and pretended to himself this was maintain- ing standards? Or would he be that paragon whose lectures were always inter- esting and relevant, who was firm but flexible, and who insisted on and achieved quality work.