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

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Freshman Orientation Freshman Orientation week is seven days full of events and fun when each new student has the opportunity of becoming acquainted with Maryland life. The activities of this Aveek are numerous and diverse including campus tours, academic assemblies, the President ' s Reception, Dink Debut, a class assembly, Freshman Mixer, and many more functions. The planning body of Orientation Week is the Board composed of the event chairmen and officers. The Board members and tour leaders are the hat people who enforce customs regu- lations and try to answer questions. This year the Board made several new ad- ditions to the program. A pre-college orienta- tion program was held during the summer which gave those students attending a head start in becoming familiar with the University. Other additions were a transfer student program and a customs court to deal with violators of the cus- toms regulations. FRESHMAN ORIENTATION BOARD-Sealed: Linncll Rob- inson, Kitty Godman, assistant chairman; Don Arthur, chair- man; Dick Dement, assistant chairman; Sue Laffan, secretary. Standing; Ellen Bubeck, Sarah Schlesinger, Bruce Tucker, Pat Messer, Pat Wyand, Ron Brown, Marlene Murray, Judy Hutch- ison, Bud Laurent, Stuart Broth, Arlene Joffe. The typical freshman couple this year is Joyce Callison and Matt Mathews who are enjoying ice cream at the dairy. They ' re swellin ' on melon: Prospective rushees enjoy free watermelon— a pre-rush activity sponsored by the IFC during Orientation. 17

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Elections Board First row: Carolyn Couza, Beverl) Bernier, Roger Barker, chairman; Lynn Andretta. Lois Einfcldt. Second row: Warren Wimer, Don Mudd, lioli Yerman. Elections Board Traditionally, the Elections Board is the coordinator of one of the highlights of campus politics — annual elections. It supervises the campaigns of fall and spring Old Line-Free State competition and enforces its policies by fine of votes or money. The board devises procedures and rules governing elections, collects petitions, reviews and publishes qualifications of candi- dates, controls the poles on election days, and counts ballots. The poles are set up at places on campus convenient for all students. This year the board hopes to initiate the use of electrical voting machines in spring elections and to direct a voting enthusiasm campaign before election week. I o Man land students one mean ing ol spring is the election oJ class officers, in the Skinner Building lobby, students .ulm to discuss, even argue, and vote. 16

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Student Placement Committee si UDENT PLACEMENT COMMITTEE-Dick Sinclair, Mrs. Har- old Hayes, publicity advisor; John Tamaro, Tom Morrissey, overall chairman; lewis M. Knebcl, director o£ placement; Miss Marion Johnson, assistant dean of women; Karen Hart. The Student Placemen! Committee pro- vides students with forums, counselling, company recruiting by interviews and job registers and assists them in selecting a major field of study- There are six major sub-committees with over 100 students engaged in these activities. A lew of these committees are Career Week, which schedules forums by each college on vocational opportunities, Summer Placement Job Service, which schedules interviews with over 100 dif- ferent companies for student employment, and Senior Placement Service, which sponsors visiting representatives from over 350 companies and maintains a placement register. All of these com- mittees have been successful here at Maryland. Student Union Board The purpose of the Student Union Board is to plan and to carry out the activities that are sponsored by the Student Union. Some ol the various activities that the board s|)onsois ,ti c dances, dancing lessons, movies, bil- liard tournaments, bridge tournaments, and cul- tural programs. These activities are open to all i he si udents on t ampus. s ii in i in ION BOARD [anics Kennedy, Marvin Webb, Janel Lee Tolson, Ellen Bubcck. chairman; Dick Dement, Kitty Moslcy. Patricia Naymick, Stephanie Lippman, Mary Caihart. Jim Holland. 18