University of North Texas - Yucca Yearbook (Denton, TX)

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EXCITEMENT AND ADJUSTMENT FILL Freshman students caught their first glimpse of the North Texas campus Sep- tember I7th-a glimpse which would soon change to a photographic knowledge of the main walkways, short cuts, and buildings. They encountered every conceivable ob- stacle and made every blunder on their first day on campus, yet each problem had a memorable charm, and each mistake in- spired iueful nostalgia. Formal orientation began the following morning when hundreds flocked to the Main Auditorium for guidance. Some 500 were sent to the Music Recital Hall because of lack of space. Once admitted, they all floundered over the decisions that were expected of them. Orientation is dreaded but necessary. It is the first acquaintance freshmen have with the life they will lead for four years at the university. Confusion eventually gives way to understanding, and students assume the sophisticated ease of self-reliance. Their program includes fun as well as lectures, and students find campus life is not drudg- ery. The Big Wheel Dance and Howdy Party are standard entertainments during the first week of school. Frosh girls displace upperclasswomen in boys, favor, and freshman boys daily trans- late experience into maturity and confi- dence. The new North Texans soon become tight- ly bound to campus life, home begins to be just a place to visit periodically. THE FIRST DAY ON CAMPUS IS FILLED WITH NEW AND EXCITING EXPERIENCES FOR FRESI-IMAN STUDENTS.

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A spring catapults him into spaceg another expert twist and his body will plunge gracefully into the water below. Sports were basic, and water was the focal point, from the campus pool to nearby lakes. Countless tanned collegians proved that the outdoors was far from neglected. 5 Yet all was not frolic, for a studious air pervaded. Graduate and commuter students comprised a ma- jority of the enrollment. Summer school settled down to a routine of relaxation and research, progress and growth. It was a time for reflection on the past, for contem- plation of the future and for pride of accomplishment. And the campus bustled. W.. ,aw kwwwww V rf? if . . or Q -W Q AVENUE A is resurfaced and made one-way, a change co- incidental with the more intangible alterations around the uni- versity. S fag M., Mr ,fri 2. 495 U ,n if 5 f W f 1 W R ' 174 t,, yang. iff, char, 1 f asv ' A feta 4? 'Q ,W I nv, 'QQ xv.. My is 4 .4 . W.,- 9 , YN sh V w l f E . ' in ' 'fps 4 n,,.N i V' 1 if V 'I '. 1 4' . jj. Q ,. ge. ' . .' 3 . S' A -1: - Y u i it . was , 4 CMJ . Qi A, a . , 1-If ' W, 'Kwai' t , ,, f z .Q, ws A r . 9: y sf W Hswuwmo WAS. 5f'..Q -AM 1.. M121 my J'1,,g W W 4 Dv! W, 'A . 0 is M , ,1.x61rI' ,v J s -ff - ijt 0, ,F 'X I9 .f24.., ,max t'ii 'i -,,..wi5wt.,,. 1 Y ,nw -.. 12,31 Q 1 nil

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FIRST DAYS vm 'I' I REGISTRATION BEGAN TO APPEAR AS MASS CONFUSION TO FRESHIVIEN AFTER THEIR ORIENTATION PROGRAM. PROBLEMS in scheduling are inevitable to some, hut a quick trip to the registration office usually solves them. HLETIS see-if I take this then maybe-nope, it won't fit The nemesis of every student: making out schedules.