University of Pittsburgh - Owl Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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 Residents AN EARLY-RISING ROOMMATE mokes a more efficient alarm clock than any Big Ben or clock-radio; she's louder, ond it' impossible to turn her off. ONLY A COUPLE OF MINUTES away from school, residents enjoy the convenience of unhurried showering and dressing in the morning. Those with a little more ambition can even cal breakfast —o luxury unknown to most commuters. WHEN ILLNESS HITS the resident student, the University health service ond sympathetic roommotes ore right at hand to help out. 16

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bank accounts Just as Freshman Camp was a student’s (irst impression of the recreational side of college life, registration, that most necessary of evils, introduced him to the red tape and frustration that was just as much a part of that life. Confused upperclassmen and hopelessly bewildered freshmen wandered about, attempting to find their way through the maze of arrows and numbers. Harassed faculty members, stoically retaining their composure, attempted to iron out the countless problems connected with a large-scale undertaking of this nature. Students strode into the sectioning division with grim determination on their faces, ami the fortunate ones soon emerged with various colored 1HM cards clutched in their hands. t the crowded w riling tables, simply covered with brown u rapping paper, others copied and recopied tentative schedules, wondering how many changes would he made in it before they were finished. Appallingly long lines stretched hack from the deferred payment tables and the treasurers’ cages, while checkers choked off the final sigh of relief by asking about “the pink card” that seemed to have disappeared somewhere between the Mosque and the cafeteria. Hut despite all of those ulcer-provoking incidents, the student was still able to grin, at least on the outside, at his misfortunes. t last there weren’t an more long lines to stand in. And then lie found out about the bookstore. EVERY AVAILABLE INCH of tpoce wot put lo ute by harried itudenti, Ailing out tordt, plonning tchedufet, Aguring out how lo poy the tuition. A MOMENT OF RELAXATION wot ovoiloble ofter complying the flot holf of regittrolion in th« Motque. But then, when the cigarette burned down ond nervet flnolly calmed. It wot lime to go through the tome thmg again at the payment lection in the cafeteria. 15

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become important part of Pitt's student life This year, for the first time in its history, Pitt took a step in ridding itself of the title “street-car school.” With the open-ing of the Schcnlcy and Hrackcnridgc Houses, spacious, modern facilities were made available to a large number of resident students. The two new dorms, added to the older facilities of the Varsity House, fraternity and sorority houses, and private boarding houses, now give Pitt more resident students than ever. The sight of more and more students walking around, eating and just loafing in Oakland gives this area more of the campus look; a busy, industrial city campus, but still a campus. This year's addition to the housing situation is just a beginning, and the best is yet to come, for as the Schcnlcy V part men ts are renovated one-hy-one, they will be placed in use as dorms, and Pitt will continue to grow as a campus school. The commuting students feel that their resident cousins are very fortunate in being able to live on campus, for they are not bothered by getting up before dawn to make first hour class, nor are they hampered by streetcar strikes. They are right in the middle of everything that hap| ens on campus and can join in on all of the student activities. Pitt probably will never sec the day when the majority of its students live on campus, hut if these noteworthy improvements ami additions are continued, the day will come when a closer balance between the resident ami the commuter students will be reached and Pitt will deserve the unique title of “city-campus school.” LIVING ON CAMPUS, the reiident it oble to ovoid the lo«t minute ruth to dolt; often h the fiot one to eight o'clock dottet. READING MATERIAL, for the student with time to do ovftide reading, it available ot the Schenley Holl magazine ttond. Unfortunately, he mutt go eltewhere for hit PLAYBOY.