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

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The Green Years T OR MANY incoming freshmen like - Nancy Morrey, college life here among 27,000 students was at first a lonely exper- ience. There were just a few friends and activities in that exploratory interim, but no real feeling of belonging. As that first semester rolled on, the future 1969 graduate discovered campus life in the form of football. I feel like I can cheer be- cause I really belong here, she said at last. Physical education, in which she is major- ing, and other classes brought with them friends with mutual interests, and soon teach- ers seemed to make an effort to learn our names and get to know us, she found. , w .- Nancy prepares her vital statistics for the ID card she will keep for the next four years at the University. 28

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The Inter-Fraternity Council ' s Rush Forum was addressed by Su- preme Court Justice TOM CLARK as the opening of Fall rush took place at Ritchie Coliseum. Mr. Justice Chirk is national vice president of Delta Tau Delta fra- ternity and an alumnus of that fraternity ' s University of Texas chapter. A campus controversy arose last Fall when an invitation to civil rights leader BA YARD RVSTIN was challenged by a John Birch Society member. This began as a result of Rustin ' s refusal to sign the Mary- land Loyalty Pledge. Rustin spoke before the Law Enforcement Insti- tute on October 12, after it was decided by the state legislature that it would not be necessary to sign the pledge for one appearance. The genius of ARTHUR FIED- LER has fused into the repertory of the Boston Pops Tour Orchestra the best of two musical worlds — the classical and the popular. The old maestro led his unique musical or- ganization in one of its character- istic smorgasbord concerts Uist spring. The program, sponsored by the Panhellenic-Inter fraternity Council, included selections rang- ing Rachmaninoff s first piano concerto and passages from Swan Lake to music from ' ' ' ' Mondo Cane and ' ' Hello Dolly. 27

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The importance of the University Community is emphasized by Miller Hudson during the summer orientation program. Well, if James Bond can he 007, I guess I cant complain about my new label, zero-eight-five-nine-two-five. Hey, look me over, is the theme which prevails during sorority rush. Three days of Open House parties gives freshman girts a chance to meet sorority women and get a glimpse of Greek life.