University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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With all its red tape, registration is just the preliminary bout before the main event. It,s the three rounds to get the ring in shape for the fight to the finish- Junef The ensuing nine months will sep- arate the professionals from the Katzen- jamrner Kids.

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Who benefits from registration? The best answer would probably be the Shack or the Stables, where bewildered, worn-out people re- treat to forget it all-to forget the two re- quired courses that both meet at 7:40 on Mon- day, Wednesday, and Friday, the class for which books cost 3930, or the six hours spent waiting for a dean who never showed up. To the senior, it,s old stuff. But to the freshman, it,s almost enough to make him head for the bus station. Perhaps mention should also be made of the receptionist in the Dean's office and the book clerk attempting to wait on four impatient people at once. It's a toss-up as to which side of the counter is more confused. ..AND NEW BOOKS The phys-ed program gets into full swing immediately with comprehen- sive hand exercises. While it is doubtful that the command at Rothwell instigated the process, what could give one,s fingers more of a workout than filling out the same registration form six times? By the time one has told the administration six times that he is paying a S4 fee to take comparative anatomy, he begins to think his own anatomy has changed due to the paralysis of five fingers. And then it has been suggested that the practice is simply training for nine months of blue-book exams with time limits.

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When the Raleighs and the Penns came into the new world, they had to rely heavily on the Indians to teach them a new way of life. Without the aid of the Red-men our an- cestors would have starved. Similarly, every September several thousand colonists enter a new world of their own-the University of Missouri. To them, two complete cam- puses, negative hours, Sbowme, AWS, and SGA are just as strange as the forests of Pennsylvania, corn meal, and stockades were to the first settlers. Fortunately, through student administration and co-operation, our freshmen don,t have to brave a barrage of arrows to get the straight scoop on their new world: a fine freshman orientation program has been devised. During several days of meetings, rallies, and social affairs, the future Student Union presidents and Savilfmf editors get their first taste of the activities they will someday run. And, oh yes, it,s a darn good way to get your first campus date. After all, it was at the first kind of orientation that John Rolfe met Pocahontas. 23