University of Detroit - Tower Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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Night gives illusor facade to People who deliver your milk in the morning, read your gas meter in the afternoon, and direct you in traffic all day long might well be lining up with you at registration, studying at the same table in the Library, or sitting near you in evening classes. For evening students at the University are an entirely different breed than the day hops or dorm students who ordi- narily attend day school. They bring with them at night an atmosphere that seems to transpose the Evening School to something more than an institution where a degree or social fulfillment are imminent. The campus becomes a romantic place, where dreams of education and sublimation from intellectually drab daytime occupations can be had. The University at night shows an illusory facade that disappears when the sun rises. Windows throw Sludrnlx galhr r aramid Ihr hriglillt 111 Briggs Blllflflllf, lallting and crammuig before evening claxse.x'. ,,

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,BW fl. N- Lines lead I0 S0lH6IlIfHg evezztually l Xl, i f.. 1 i R V If s i ff , : t f' f ' ,, ' , 4 Q' - ' R 'H' 1751 I ' V .H 'F f ' ' .rf Q A 1 . gg. 1 ll . A ' 1 f' j I MI ' ,,,... lv , ' U - QS.. . N' 'QQ A V ' T -NX ., 5' WN l' vi- i I . X5 ! lift fl K xx XX Regard registration as 'labyrinth of confusion' Registration is inevitably and unavoidably chaotic. Ifyou ask Director of Registration Joseph A. Mansour why. he might indicate the thousands of students, the myriad of courses and sections for which they register, and the 16 full registration periods. If you ask the average registration-confused student why, he will point duinbly to students waiting in seem- ingly endless lines for the multitude of cards to be filled out. Or he might indicate tables full of frustrated students inking out the answers to the repetitious questions presented on the cards. However, as any veteran of the University knows well, a few years ago the confusion of registration was more than double what it is now. In previous years, Mansour points out, both sides of 20 cards had to be filled out by the student. Since the installation of IBM computers only five cards are completed at registration. Actually registration has gotten to the point where most of the confusion is in the preconceived notion of freshmen who have heard about the medley of closed classes, cruel advisors, and labyrinth of equally confused people. Another source of confusion exists in the minds of upperclassmen who have experienced one or two lamentable late registrations when all their classes were closed. In the near future, Mansour says, the student should be able to completely register for class in what is now considered the preregistration period. Although this will mean considerably less work for the student it will create a number of problems for the Registration Department. In addition to assigning students to classes, the depart- ment also has the task of scheduling classes, sections, and rooms: scheduling final exams, and processing grades. C0-0ra'1'l1at1'11g l'!?gliSffl1ll'Ul1 keeps Direcmr J osepli M ansour hzzsy. L... .as fx-- mni

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- campu luminous light on the darkened campus . . . the chapel, with the odor of melted wax and fresh flowers, illuminates the path to Sacred Heart Square with warm colors . . . close groups of couples gathered around Fisher Fountain may be discussing nothing more romantic than math or economics but give an air of intimacy. When the University officially turns off its lights at 10 p.m. cleaning women and maintenance men are not the only nocturnal creatures who inhabit the campus. Working lights are also shining from the windows of late working deans, the computer center, the office of registration and scheduling, and . . . the Journalism Building where editors are still working against deadlines. H., .,, . .Mi .i xx'3 tw VH 1' 13 i rsif?fEi Yfiiiiwf 11 r'fJff-:Wi of mfg gg fe: l1,t'2v,'M 'pi .t -wgritxi tlffftx. zxifsiwf : ft 'ul 'Fq.vfy2'EA iffggn Q.fi,Q-V1.1 YK' Eva i- 3?,a?i-1251.1 ggi? Q, rw 'U W'-f K'-2334 yearn i., ,ww We XY Iv' 'wig' M . Nw - jfgg-fel:--, i iw- Arg ,: 1 Q-F,-f If 31130 Q 1 'xfifeiaidl E Y! as .il .tin 'gl chin if fits: .affflf P Y'li?3!f 740 rf' A' 121 E f, A-2' he lr.11z,,u b'w:i,M ' Wx. Q . t .F .1 X, -,Q +4 '1' 1 ffdig' A +q Q: f-si ,at mee., J ., ,q. mgaiixtflikw - ll' 'f ili5'tg1fi tif' 'vltizwi ,gffgtajffl zfiwi f . w,.i A , Wagga 2 fig sl QQ .M LQ ,fi . Fisher Fountain strikingly reflects the UIIIIUX- phere of U-D at night. hff r-:QV 531 Q 4 Q ?! lt ag 5-f Shrine lights illuminate thefar west end ofthe MeNirlwls eanzpzis. a night lah. A square light synzbolicalli burns the midnight oil front of U-Div library. Future Chemists pour over test tubes in