University of Notre Dame - Dome Yearbook (Notre Dame, IN)

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IN the bleakness of an early September morning, one of 1500 incoming Freshmen sits and waits. THREE LEGGED Freshmen sprint at the Orientation Picnic. WITH the buying of textbooks it ' s time to settle down. 19

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CONFUSION reigns as Ken Murphy and roommate take a break while moving in. In the beginning: confusion And how do you like Notre Dame so far? It ' s great. They really do a great job on Freshman Orientation. Yes, we really get oriented in everything library, deans, eating, Knute Rockne . . . even girls. Oh and the Picnic: terrific! Those three-legged races were something . . . especially with girls. Then registration was as ferocious as usual, although less complicated than four years ago. You sound as though you ' ve been through registration before. Yes, I have: four times. I ' m a senior. And you . . . you come to Orien- tation? Yes, this is my fourth one; 1 fig- ure it ' s a good way to meet St. Mary ' s freshmen. I see. MORE CONFUSION at the Freshmen Picnic with S. M. C. 18

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3,829 STUDENTS jam field house for pep rally. Students hopefu Spirits were high for the first football week- end of the year. A packed fieldhouse for the Blue Circle-sponsored Indiana pep rally at- tested to that. The speakers, co-captains Ai Ecuyer and Chuck Puntillo so stirred the stu- dent body that several band members were trampled by overanxious feet. Saturday ar- rived warm and sunny and the campus was filled with the year ' s first crop of bewildered visitors. In the stadium the near capacity crowd sighed with relief as the Irish wore down a strong Indiana team 18 to to maintain, somewhat dubiously, their pre-season rating. The Indiana Victory Dance proved highly suc- cessful as over 400 couples waited in line to dance to the melodies of Gene Bertoncini and his Lettermen. It was cold waiting in line but Gene ' s music was as usual warm. r PROGRAM HAWKER heralds opening of football i FATHER SORIN apparition highlights Indiana Pep Rally. 20