University of Kentucky - Kentuckian Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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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

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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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fXaSMmk U-Haul it When the freshmen returned to campus on Sunday after- noon they found it alive with activity. The process of moving in was on for another semester. Stereos topped the list of necessities. Televisions, radios, posters and plants were also popular items. Anything to brighten the walls and give the stark dorm rooms some per- sonality-after all that was to be home for the next nine months Mixed with the enthusiam of seeing old friends for the first time in months were the necessary annoyances of beginning a new year. The lines for fee payment during the first few days of the semester seemed even longer the previous year. Drop- add was renamed add-drop, supposedly to give it a more pos- itive connotation. But renaming it didn't eliminate the red tape involved in adding or dropping a class. By the middle of the week almost everyone was looking forward to a long Labor Day weekend at home-a chance to get all the things that were forgotten and to recount the details of the week to family and friends. JONIDUSCH VTV Moran VT Mum Moving in all those necessities of life was a long, liring process for most 5!: - dents. The chore was shortened for engineering junior Bill Smith by carryirg as much as possible on each trip to Kirwan Tower. Help was a keyword during add-drop. Nursing senior Mary Phillips helpt l her brother. freshman Billy, with the task of rearranging schedules. Fee payment lines are a part Of the first week back on campus. The long wa l gave freshmen Given and Nicky True a chance to balance their Checkbooks. Confusion and nervous tension are common during centralized add-dro . The face of communications sophomme Lisa Silhenick expressed both as sl 8 waited in line with her course schedule and add-drup card. -T Mann! 20-MOVING IN