St Cloud State Teachers College - Talahi Yearbook (St Cloud, MN)

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Record 2,200 Arrive For Frosh Week i if Dick Wzircl rings up an sale for lfi 2 Nancy Buehler :incl Bill Peterson. A A fwf Z,5f With 2,220 new students to take care of, the not-always-so-affable behind the desk here, however, is a pleasant exception. She is Ruth people in the registrars office become even less bearable. The woman Ghem. . .E E5 5if ' 'Ns 'CE 5-.. 'Ne

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cWar Babies' Descend pon St. Cloud It's somewhere around 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The day is Sunday, probably the last Sunday in Septem- ber. Mom and Dad and brother and sister are riding in the family car, probably listening to the Minnesota Vik- ings play football. Their destination is St. Cloud, Min- nesota. The letter which came earlier in the week said activities will begin at 5 p.m. Better hurry. This is the dayjunior starts college. He mustn't be late. Then, all of a sudden, St. Cloud looms in the distance. You swing your car up and around the fancy cloverleaf on the east side of town. Two bridges and one left turn later the journey is over. No doubt about il., youlre at the right place. You've never before seen so many suitcases, hi-fi's, coffee pots and ironing boards. Welcome to col- lege. Scenes similar to this have been acted out across America for the better part of the last two decades. Sep- tember 1965 was no exception. Only one thing was dif- ferent. This year everybody on earth seemed to be a college freshman. The kids didn't just drift into town. They swarmed our campus en masse. Our dear old demographer friends, it seems, described the situation New students crowd into Halenbeck Hall to hear Acting President Wick. best. Said they: This was the year the war babies ar- rived. When Acting President, Robert Wick, strode to the speaker's platform on the first evening of Freshman Week, he knew exactly what the demographers meant. For seated there on the bleachers of Halenbeck Hall were 2,220 pairs of eyes, each sizing up and passing judgment on our temporary president. Thus began Freshman Week lofficially New Student Daysj. At that moment the freshmen were one variety show, two street dances, umpteen convocations and a brief visit with Dick Ward away from their first classroom session as collegians. In the meantime, while the freshmen were stumbling around learning the difference between Brown Hall and Holes Hall, President Wick found time to address the faculty. His message that afternoon was encourag- ing. St. Cloud State College, insisted Wick, will continue its concern for the individual student-despite rapid enrollment increases. 18

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Speakers Talk And The Newcomers Listen Everybody who was anybody on campus had their chance during New Student Days to address the recent arrivals. The list of speakers was without apparent end. Presi- dent Wick, Dean Patton, Miss Potter, Red Severson and Dick Talbott were among those who imparted words of encouragement to the unfamiliar newcomers. The freshmen who started here this year have the distinction of being the Centennial Class of l969 . When this group graduates four years from now, SCS will be celebrating its 100th anniversary. For those who are still around in 1969, it ought to be a good year for memories, Dr. Wick meets the freshmen and their parents during New Student Days in September. Wick is serving as acting president of St. Cloud State College during 1965-66. Everyone's a stranger as the freshmen sip coffee in Garvey Commons. 20