University of Maryland College Park - Terrapin / Reveille Yearbook (College Park, MD)

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Pictures even waiting lines move. The inside of the Armory bore a marked resemblance to the New York Stock Exchange. As the freshmen gazed upon this scene while waiting to have their pictures taken, they could only distinguish a mass of hurrying people, some of whom apparently knew where they were going. The to be laughed at later pictures taken, the freshmen must needs brave the impos- sible confusion below, and with a dazed look and faltering step they started down the aisle to the right marked Arts and Sciences, ' Engineering, etc. The ac- tual registration wasn ' t so difficult. In fact, according to the professors, all fresh- men took this English and that science, and so before they knew it, they were signed up for chemistry and told to go pay their bills. Then in none too rapid succession, they received their dining hall cards, P.O. box numbers, library rules, and a don ' t forget to carry it with you M Book. The freshmen were to learn in short order that there was no escaping tests in college. The first afternoon, Wednesday, September 13, there were language quali- fication exams; the second afternoon, English classification tests; and the third 29

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he Frosh THET CAME, THET SAW, THEY CONCURRED that Orientation Vee was a fine idea to ma e them feel at home . . . Yo Calm before the storm The gathering of the clan -Ou ' re right — we have something here, said the upperclassman as he pointed the campus out to the freshman, just in town to matriculate — at least that ' s what the registrar ' s letter said. The rats left home with a sense of fore- boding about hazing, only to find their sentence postponed for several days until the upperclassmen could return to the campus from Ocean City. And so, they settled down to moving in their luggage and the cakes they received as going away presents. Now some found their roommates and various members of their families already on hand, and so each in- troduced himself, told where he was from, and how long he had been on campus. Others entered an empty room and straightway proceeded to select the bet- ter bed and dresser. If the freshmen were inclined to in- quire as to where registration would be, they didn ' t bother after a glance at the Gym Armory, for obviously things were happening there — but just what, was a question. Judging from the time they stood on the front steps, nothing much would happen, but, as is usually the case, 28

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M Book Staff — Standing: Sargcant, Kcrwin, McFarland, Sealed: Kemp, CJhandlcr, editor, Shirey, aiden afternoon, those amusing aptitude tests. Very austere looking teachers and stu- dents kept an eagle eye upon them, as they drew lines through ain ' ts and in- dicated that a ship is to water as a car is to land. Dinners at the Dining Hall were really very interesting and cultural — not at all the eat and run affairs of which the fresh- men had heard. There was always a head table with guest speakers and campus moguls to look at. My, but those upper- classmen were clever the way they could greet the freshmen without an obvious quake of stage fright. Dr. Jenkins taught them how to study in one easy lesson, and Coach Dobson made sportsmanship a freshman ideal. The sense of foreboding about hazing became an embarrassing reality when the upperclassmen returned. The freshmen girls were treated leniently. In fact, about all they had to endure was the once over. The Diamondback cautioned the freshmen boys not to buy their radiators, but it did not tell them about buying a chance on a raccoon coat. Consequently, some fresh- men boys were gullible enough to believe that perhaps their two-bits and luck would entitle them to the coat and the honor of walking with the frosh president at Homecoming. The sophomores were obviously very particular about the ap- pearance of their shoes, and no one but Food lor thousht 30