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

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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

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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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Joe Bruin, this is Proviist Dykstra! At the annual Presi- dent ' s Reception, all UCLA students are given the oppor- tunity to meet Dr. and Mrs. Sproul and Dr. and Mrs. Dvkstra. Packed as usual vas this year ' s President ' s Convocation on the Royce Hall quad. Dr. Dykstra greets the students and officially opens the new semester. which is designed to be effective must have full participatidn by all of those to whom it is offered. Another important step taken by the committee, in conjunction with the ASL ' CLA, was the compiling of a counsellor ' s manual — a text on Orientation, and the Bible of all student counsellors. Below are pictured some of the student leaders who helped to ac iuaint freshmen with the ins and outs of UCLA life. Ed Storr supervises as counselor while freshmen meet to discuss what-to-do at LTCLA over a coke and a cigarette. I I