Taylor University - Ilium / Gem Yearbook (Upland, IN)

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Placement tests keep freshmen mentally alert. Counsellors and professors unite to prepare for new students. New Student Week provided freshmen and transfers an opportunity to become oriented to Taylor before the regular class schedule commenced. A myriad of activities filled every free moment. Convocations, innumerable tests, music auditions, student mixers, singspirations, and hall meetings all crowded into that first important week. Strange faces and names soon became familiar at a Hawaiian luau and Talent Show. The Christian concert presented by the Spokesmen gave everyone a chance to organize and direct this year ' s goals in the right direction before beginning the rigorous schedule of classes and freshmen initiation. Jo Neuroth explains some of the complexities of dorm life.

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Mother and daughter transport a little bit of home to college. New students find Taylor complex After a busy afternoon, even dad finds college life strenuous.

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Parting is such sweet sorrow. OfiF campus and on campus at the same time? It some- times seems that way to students who Hve in the apart- ments. To single students, apartment life provides greater independence and a greater walking distance to classes. It means trudging to the R.A. for a sweeper, paying a telephone bill, and having members of the opposite sex live next door. To married students, apartment life means living in privacy and sharing the common duties of cook- ing, dishwashing, and cleaning. It also includes learning to balance the household budget on a college student ' s salary. Carol now plays the dual role of housewife and student. Apartment life