University of Pittsburgh - Owl Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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Orientation projects Aid frosh adjustment m cm ht[ met hi UKIiltiTT : Semite w K1S Mwmm 1KST1TIK1S smi nt STUDY HINTS, note toking, librory procedure, froternitiei, Pitt tradition , and student government ore oil covered In the men's conferences. Most frequently asked question: Now a boot this English theme I hove to write . . The freshmen orientation program is centered around Men’s Conference and women’s Senior Mentors. This program is not only designed to help the new student over the countless rough sjsots that invariably occur when entering a large and complicated university like Pitt, but also to urge him to take an active interest in his school by instructing him in the many varied aspects of Pitt life. Freshman women arc assigned to a small group headed by a Senior Mentor who acts a» a “big sister, solving any problems or questions the girls bring to her. She informs them of Pitt’s history and traditions, teaches them the victory songs and cheers, and accompanies them to the (irst football game, Panhcllcnic Reception, and Sorority Open House. In the Men’s Conference Classes the frosh meet with an upperclass counselor and an advisor from the Dean of Men’s office. Here they, too, learn about the University and its workings, and here they bring out their problems and questions. For many of the freshmen, these orientation sessions are the sole opportunity to talk with someone who is genuinely interested in their problems, and the only chance to gain a solid foundation of knowledge about their University. The Freshmen must consider these sessions worthwhile, for attendance is surprisingly high. MENTOR Helen Tithon explain deferred torority ruthing procedure to a frethman itudent. She learnt the mutt wait one temeiter before accepting a bid. BUYING BOOKS wot juit another step in the long orientation proc-ett, a ttep that had to be repeoted every temetfer. 22

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UNDER THE WATCHFUl EYE of the dental school custodian, students build a set of model jaws. FACULTY CONSULTATION enables instructors to keep up with the progress, wants, ond needs of the individual students. As in any professional school, in Dental School there exists a closer bond between the student body ond the faculty than is possible in an undergraduate situation.

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AROUND THE CONFERENCE TABLE, the froth’ question were threshed out. It is often encouraging for a confused freshmon to discover that most of his classmates ore just as bewildered os he. 23