University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Above, a closed course usually means a frustrating search for an adequate replacement. Below, and then . . . in spite of efficient clerks, students most often find themselves at the end of a line, waiting, waiting. When registration is done, students gather in clusters on the mall, relaxing and discussing the coming quarter.

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Upperclass sponsors give tea and sympathy Always on hand to help newcomers during the “rough spots” of orientation and registration were upperclass sponsors who acted as guides. They offered a cheerful visage, a sympathetic ear and were living proof that it is possible to survive almost four years of college life. Successfully guiding their groups of 25 to 30 freshmen through testing sessions, meetings and meals, they also offered as much individual attention as they could to personalize the atmosphere at the University. By the end of the Orientation-Registration program, most of the freshmen seemed ready for classes. Those who didn’t would still find the same friendliness amid the hectic pace of fall quarter at the University of Minnesota. It's frustrating to get as far as Morrill Hall and jind still marc, forms to fill. After registration conics the bookstore. In this case, students find the stacks at Xicholson adequately stocked. 24

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Welcome Week activities keep ‘eager beavers’ busy Welcome Week look place Sept. 18-24 on the University campuses. Through a series of lectures, dances, coffee hours and tours new students got acquainted with the tempo of Minnesota campus life. General chairmen Bruce Wilson and I.inda Brekke designed dozens of Welcome Week activities calculated to keep even the eagerest heavers busy. Organizations and other groups, resident halls. University departments, theatre parlies and publications all beckoned the energies of the freshmen. Initiation into a new environment is always a time of indecision. Welcome Week gave the new University recruits the time to ask questions or give opinions. Spontaneous discussions featured topics ranging from Viet Nam to parking validations. Tour leaders dispensed information on campus trends. The crowning of CL A freshman Joan Anderson Queen of Welcome Week concluded the program of events. While each day brought them closer to the inevitable first day of classes among strange faces, thousands of freshmen grew more confident, more surefooted with each day of Welcome Week. The pep rally, featuring the marching band, Rooter Club and cheerleaders, dreu many students to the Union mall.