University of Kentucky - Kentuckian Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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Lines appeared and disappeared each hour of the day as new groups were scheduled for registration in thc Col iseum. Experienced Students Master Registration Processes XVorking out an attractive schedule grew more and more possible as class after class closed, The bi-annual registration of 7,500 students in three days proves to be a hot- bed of problems and worries for stu- dents. The manner in which each han- dles his registration often singles out the experienced UK student. Knowing a mistake means visits to deans' offices, drop-add slips, and instructors' signa- tures, students learn that the slow and cautious approach is the safest.

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For freshmen and upperclassmen alike, the first days on campus are con- fusing and hectic. Organizations night, fraternity and sorority rush, dormitory politics, and innumerable meetings pose continuous questions to the student. Faced with the strain of uncertain de- cisions freshmen learn hard lessons in self-sufficiency. This mounting anxiety and the rigors of registration and informal opening class meetings leaves the neophyte ques- tioning himself about his college career. Through the days of moving into dormitories, attending orientation activities, and registering for classes new students looked ahead to the first classes to learn the real way of the Universitv.

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Professors worked at registration tahles ot' their depart- ments to advise students and aid them in rearranging schedules to work in needed tlasses. Students considered the Bursar's station near the end a questionable reward for the agoniz- ing scramhle. Buying needed texthoolqs at the hest prices presents the final challenge in registration, S