University of Detroit - Tower Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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For the freshman there is orientation, registration, and finally LIBERATION. On Saturday, October 1, the freshmen arose to release themselves from the tyranny of the upper- classmen, to proclaim their independence, and to assume their rightful place as University students. An extremely muddy day was chosen for the first liberation in three years. Therefore, the mud and mire on the field next to Holden Hall increased the insult of losing. The highlight of the day came as the freshmen reached upv ard, supporting a pushball six feet in diameter, and slipping down the ground up field toward the goal. Upper- classmen attempted to withstand the assault; Juniors dug in as a last defense. But the freshmen, determined for freedom, overcame their foes and now rank as free and liberated stu- dents bound only by the daily woes of a college student. liberation 9

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Gracious Joanne Greiner, President of Theta Phi Alpha, helps League President, Willie Cavanaugh, to a cup of tea as Nancy Casey waits her turn. A mutual ioke is shared by Tea Chair- men, Mary Ann Eicker, Fr. Steiner, and Gamma Phi Sigma president, Ceil Kun- ske. Orientation week ended witin a final wel come to tlie new coeds. On Septennber 25, tliese women were feted at a tea in tineir honor. This year ' s Freshman Wel come Tea was highlighted by a fashion show, in which the sorority presidents modeled suggested attire for the main campus events. Big Sisters, willing to offer campus tips, were assigned to each freshman girl. The Very Rev. Celestin J Steiner, university president. Miss Helen Kean, dean of women, and Willie Cava naugh, Women ' s League president spoke to the girls before they settled down to a chat over a cup of tea. The 400 coeds who attended the tea left a few friends richer and, freshmen and upper classmen alike, a little wiser about proper campus apparel. Warm hellos preceec Fran Kollar, acting as a hostess at the Fresh- man Welcome Tea, pauses momentarily in her duties to greet one of the attending coeds. 24

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L 6 12j B a . . . not a geodetic survey . . . Within the first week, the lonely freshman begins to appre- ciate the ins and outs, the ups and downs of the academic side of his avocation. In History 1, for instance, he meets up with a formidable, immovable object clothed in a black robe and wearing a long map pointer. This darksome visage, this booming voice, this overwhelming vocabulary — how can it be? But it is indeed: it is Alphonse F. Kuhn, S.J., history pro- fessor extraordinaire and friend to student and freshman a- like. It does not take long to discover Fr. Kuhn ' s copious notes, excruciating questions, and neatly-bound research maps — maps of minutiae which, as he readily admits, are not a geo- detic survey. As the freshman realizes that he is really learn- ing history for the first time, he gradually becomes aware of something else: a twinkle in the professor ' s eye, a smile be- hind his word-hoard, and a gentleness in conference. Unfor- tunately, as the freshman arrives, Fr. Kuhn ' s crowning glory is long ago full-blown; he is able to control and conceal his secret passion, the famous rose garden around Lansing-Reilly Hall. And so he remains, by hearsay, an enigma. Pictures taken during the summer tell the true story. Summerschool students stop by to check progress: with Fr. Kuhn are Mary Sue Keas, Roberta Hobbs, and Tom Gerhardstein. 26 1- i t IF,