University of Pittsburgh - Owl Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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INFORMALITY, loo, woi o koy factor in orientation. The froth felt comfortable, felt thot their counselor woro more friend thon teacher. AT THE FRESHMAN BANQUET, the freshman dost ate together, laughed and kidded, ond got to know one another. And with their new friends they looked forword confidently to the next four years.

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ART PAILAN spun record of the kkkoff dance, os freshmen mixed socially lor the first time. The Field House was filled to capacity, ond all the frosh who ottended experienced their first feeling of octuoUy belonging.

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Traveling, problems that go along At a university like Pitt, where 85 per cent of the student body live at home, the commuter student is an important, if not controlling factor in University policies. In spite of the administration's yeomanlike attempts to establish adequate on-campus living facilities, the day when Pitt will be a campus school is still in the future, and the “street-ear student is still to be reckoned with. For many of these students, commuting means getting up before dawn and traveling as long as an hour to arrive, out of breath, barely in time for an eight o’clock class. Then, after a full day of classes, he must buck the dinnerhour rush home. Parking spaces near the Cathedral are almost nonexistent for all but the earliest arrivals, and it is not uncommon to see these hardy individuals sprawled out in their cars, catching up on the sleep they have reluctantly sacrificed. Commuter students arc roughly broken down into two types: the commuter who takes an active part in extracurricular affairs, and the type who remains in school only long enough to attend all of his classes. Of the latter, the majority usually are those forced to carry outside jobs, and although unable to participate to a large degree in activities, tlie are nevertheless an integral part of the University. For it is these students who perhaps are most appreciative of a college education, and with this incentive, work doubly hard to achieve it. m ARISING AT DAWN it o necettily for many of Hie commuter ifudentt with 8;00 dattet. The discouraging protpect of tponding the noxt hour travelling initeod of sleeping mokes it doubly hord to itort the day off right. PARKING SPACES near the Cothedrol ore at a premium in the morning. Thote with the money and without the time or energy to search, moke ute of the many parking loti in the vicinity. A SOFT BED can be enjoyed iutt at much by a commuter ot by a resident—but not for as long. About the only good port of pre-dawn arising it that it will be possible to brog to grandchildren of the hardships connected with getting an education bock in 1958. 26