St Josephs College - Phase Yearbook (Rensselaer, IN)

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■ iv-r Wmm ' REGISTRATION . . . Every year it has been found necessary to duly register oneself in order to insure a student status with the institution. Neces¬ sarily, the importance of the event requires that many forms be filled out, cards secured, baggage unloaded, and stickers pur¬ chased. This procedure is confusing for some, and it is a drudgery for all. Once completed, the experience called college can truly begin.

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• • • INITIATION Clinging to tradition, the annual free-for-all does more than scare goldfish as the freshman class becomes acquainted with the sophomore class. The Puma Police are concerned that their charges may not have sufficient skill at the dining table, and so provide them with bibs. For such thoughtful service, the freshmen are ex¬ pected to return their thanks in song, facts, and cigarettes. ORIENTATION . . . The last and possibly most difficult phase of college adjustment is orientation. Like maturity, orientation requires an effort and a growth from within. Father Banet, President of the College, called for personal responsibility at the Opening Day Mass, and in so doing appealed to all to make that effort. He said, Education does not merely strive to foster in the human person maturity, but a maturity which accepted the principle that his personal life demands a righteousness and a sanctity of truth, which is the very sign of that maturity. The final orientation of the student is in his own hands, and is exhibited in the community in which he lives.