University of Kentucky - Kentuckian Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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1 flammd Freshmen 18-FRESHMAN WEEKEND hi -lifestyles Jocahon -friends -goals C High - A brief lull fell over the campus with the end of the summer A session. That is until the band moved into their dorms om othe week early for a week of band camp. In one week the bang calle played and marched a total of 70 hours assembling and po- is m lishing shows for the coming football season. calls Of course it wasn't all work. Social events were planned t: W681 enhance the week Among these were a Few recesses, a disct ray. dance, a banquet and the state fair marching band contest. T1 Finally on August 26 the dorms opened for the fall semesr end' ter. For upperclassmen the first week of school is confusing, then for freshmen it can be terrifying. One hundred fitty-sever was freshmen who attended freshman weekend got some help i' thex preparing for the confusion of that first week. F thir Freshmen weekend is offered each by the University's De partment of Human Relations. All freshmen were welcome It participate for a tee of $30.The camp took place at Norttr Central 4-H Camp in Carlisle, Ky. Casual interaction with 2t upperclass counselors and eight staff members who also a: tended gave freshmen the benefit of their experiences in mo, aspects of college life. Starting at the top and wmking down may not be the conventional way 1 doing things, but Casandra Starks was sure it would work. Her group won contest with their version of the Kirwan-Blanding Complex. Freshman weekend allowed newcomers to meet each other. A! the pavilion . North-Central 4-H Center, Mike Crimes and Vivien Landrum bumped d: ing the Dave Murray disco Show. N M e 11,6 . a Hgm HAW, 'r : XI? ' 0 Ram.

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1e Unive s.?personnel and members of the community. Part-time students r in purs i:7eceived three to six hours of credit and full-time members re- For thost meived up to nine hours credit plus salary. 1er schot J' The season opened with Hay Fever, a British comedy writ- w extra ' men by Noel Coward in the 1920's. The play revolved around Classes, wzzzhe absurd romantic relationships and false emotions of an ec- :entric English family, surrounded by a menagerie of week- :he regul; : 12nd guests. 1m to pi 1: The play was directed by Raymond Smith and the players Nith acax emCIuded: Amy Thompson, Robert Hess, Barbara Rutten- lles were wurg, Cathie Brookover, John Shelton, Walter Tunis, Kath- by the E1 cl'yn Mead, Richard Kent, and Karen Pulliam. tones at it The second production of the summer was The Secret Af- m'rs of Mildred Wildy a comedy writlen by Paul Zindel. Mil- l by a ce'i bired, a middleeaged housewife, lived in a Hollywood dream- ,ory Com mand as her depressing world of reality crumbled around her. The highlights of the show were the dream sequences as Mil- ecompart'lrdE , dh . . e , K :mbers co 5 E anta51ze erself m the motlon plctures ng ong, dadminis aGone with the Wind, and The Invisible Man, and also as screen stars Ginger Rogers and Shirley Temple. The cast featured: Barbara Ruttenburg, Randy Jones. Cathie Brookover, Gina Cairns, Mark Chapman, Martha La- Follette, Bobby Bloom, Richard Kent, and Karen Waddellt The production was directed by Joe Ferrell. The last Offering was the presentation of the musical come edy The Roar of the Greasepaint-The Smell of the Crowd, written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley. Mary Beth Kopesky directed while the play was served up by: Robert Hess, John Shelton, Karen Waddell, Kathryn Meadey Richard Kent, Karen Pulliam, Gina Cairns, Amy Houveris, Bill Coomer, and Dale Nallyt The season was one to be proud of. Each play was well re- ceived by audiences and critics. The actors and technical crew gained the experience of the difficult task of putting together three full-scale productions at the same time. Production began on June 13 and the plays opened July 13. Each play was interchanged every few days with Monday off for the entire company. SUMMER REPERTORY-17

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isummm trms om the ham. ; and pt; anned L ;, d disu ntest. ll scmev infusing ty-seve 9 help it .ity's Dtt ilcome L t Norttr 1 with It i also a 5 in mo, mal way t roup won 'paviiior. umped d I t I7 Runt-t- Activities were planned to make the freshmen meet one an other. Skeeter Johnson of the Physical Education Department called a square dance for the participants one evening There is no better way to meet a lot of people because when Skeeter calls a dance you meet everybody. One Saturday night the weekenders discoed to the music of Lexington DJ. Dave Mur- ray. The University Book Store donated t-shirts with the week end's theme, We're all sailing the same ship, printed on them. During that first week the sight of a fellow weekender was welcome. Just knowing someone was there made tackling the world a whole lot easier Freshman Todd Skaggs said, Meeting people was the main thing. Everybody made new friends. whether they came with a dozen kids from home or they didn't know a soul. A facultyrstaff session, when professors and deans from the University visited the camp for the afternoon, offered the op- portunity to ask questions concerning academics and housing with those who make and enforce the policies. The fun didn't stop at sundown Movies were shown, a sing-a-long was organized. When the lights went out the girls' cabins became targets for raids. Only a few girls ended up in the showers and most cabins were successful in warding oft attackers if the occupants really wanted to sleep. Now I know who not to get for chemistry and biology , . i and that Joe B.'s is the place to go, said Jonathon Moorehead after the weekend. I'm going to do anything to be a counsel- or next year, he added 5 Si lmh-r Incoming freshmen, Diane Hagenseker of Fort Milkhe got help with her Schedule from her mother during the advising conference in July. FRESHMEN WEEKEND-19