University of California Los Angeles - Bruin Life / Southern Campus Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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stuff could reall ' be tuii . . . They told us that pre-registration would simplif) things for us when it came to getting classes, but there was still the fight to get in the pre-reg line. From some of the smiles that were seen, though, this pre-reg idea might not be so bad after all . . . And so starts another semester at V est- wood and UCLA. For freshmen, a new experience; for sopho- mores, time to get into activities; for juniors, time to start studying and making up the year courses; and for seniors, one last Hing before going out and facing the world. In a way, each class has more fun than the others, but the seniors have a double pleasure ; the memories collected in four years of college life are irreplacable, and then too there are no more registration blues to look forward to at the beginning of everv semester. 19

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Comes the Dawn . . . Registratinn and lines start growing endlessly, and the first edition of the Bruin is strewn all over the lawns. But the biggest headache is always the never- ending serpentine through both gyms . . . Shutters snap and lenses break, but at least identification by Coliseum guards is simplified. A new system to be used on ASUCLA cards really enlarged the Bruin rogue ' s gallery. Just think — recorded for posterity . . . How many papers can we fill out . . . and how many dollars can the cashier get out of us ? We always seem to run out of ink, blank checks, and patience before the fatal day is over ... At least we get free dinks for $1.15. Don ' t you wish you were in the next freshman class so you could get another one? Gee, it WOULD he wonderful to he a freshman again, wouldn ' t it? If it weren ' t for regis- tration and classes and homework and term papers and exams, this college 18

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„ar - m ' - M J I r ' Quiet and efficient, and always with a finger on the campus pulse was Delta Sig Jim Kemerer, Orien- tation Chairman. L Ed Storr Assistant Irv Hiiscnpud Assistant Marc Lees Freshman Counselling OHIEIVTATIDN Leridin}: a helpinji hand to those oh-so-green freshmen, the Orientation Committee devoted a week at the beginning of last semester to making the newcomers feel right at home in Uclan-ville. Led by Chairman Jim Kemerer and Assistant Chairman Patty Whitney, they planned many events with an eye on the future. First, the committee set up information tables in the foyer of the Men ' s Gym and made unlimited appointments for counselling. Then, in coordination with the AAIS and AWS, they presented a Freshman Day assembly. The crowning touch was the playing of high school songs on the Ro ce Hall chimes, just so none of the new Bruins would feel forgotten. One of the most significant changes in the counselling program, however, was to make it compulsory, for a program (1 Orientation Committee: Bill Hendricks, Marc Lees, Bill Jones, Dick Harris, Irv Hosenpud, Jim Kemerer, Ed Storr, Mike Lavclle, I ' atty Whitney, Harry Longway, and Henrv Nash. 20