University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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The tools of the trade are prerequisite. Ann Arbor bookstores are swamped with requests for everything from paint brushes to paper clips. Informa- tion on almost any subject is readily available on the crowded shelves. Classes Resume Seminars provide an opportunity for advanced students to attain a higher level of understanding by means of intensive individual effort and informal discussion. 20

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The speech and hearing clinic tests check the freshman ' s ability No matter what approach or planning she uses, she will inevitably to hear a lecturer from the back row. be caught unaware in her ID photograph. The traditional group coke dates, highlights of orientation week for new students, offer a chance to relax and meet new friends. Free cokes and music for dancing are available at the Union and League, and many welcome the opportunity to take a break from the hectic orientation schedules. 19

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in All Units Monday Morning at Eight Professor Marvin J. Eisenberg of the Fine Arts Department conducts a lecture on the evolution of European sculpture. The wear and tear of orientation and registration are just beginning to fade when the inescapable routine of classes and studying settles over the campus once again. Students re- member with a groan that, after all, they did come to college to get an education and, painful as it is, this seems to be the only way to go about it. Weary heads are propped on weary hands in a vain effort to stay awake, and trusty coffee- pots are pressed into rigorous service everywhere. Bluebooks and unannou nced quizzes become grim realities, and, in spite of professors ' valiant efforts to the contrary, grades loom all-important. An amazing amount of anticipation, worry, and discouragement is expended on those marks in the little red book, and the A ' s and B ' s are somehow much more elusive than they were in high school. Competition is keen, and it takes more than a little effort to keep up the pace. Parties are reserved for weekends, but still the moun- tains of neglected homework accumulate until students despair of ever bringing their work up to date, and once again discard all those good, scholarly intentions in favor of intensive cultivation of the latest cramming techniques. 21