University of Tennessee Knoxville - Volunteer Yearbook (Knoxville, TN)

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-L Maloney Examining their schedules for needed textbooks, Nancy Mathews, a freshman in communications, and Paula Linde, a freshman in eduction, help each other find history books. Fall quarter Mathews spent $80 on books. Before the rush starts. University book store workers, Carol Gorghis and Kimberly Helton, price history books. The book store offers 6500 different books selling sometimes as many as 3,000 copies of one book.

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IN LINEWAITING INLINE Registration workers John Williams, a freshman in liberal alts and Bill Harrell, a senior in liberal arts, take a moment to rest before letting a new surge of students into Stokely Athletic Center. Students who came in early morning hours were turned away if they did not possess a white card which signified a scheduling problem. wammm - E. Gnins , -L. Maloney Computer registrant Claudia Warick helps Robert Cantrell, a freshman in advertising, complete his schedule by feeding his desired course into the computer. Although he braved the lines of the University Center, Cantrell could have es- caped much of me crowd by going over to the Agricultural campus for drop and add as many upperclassmen do. Sitting at an information table, Wayne Jenkins, a senior in pre-med, anxiously offers information toistudents who wan- dered by. The tables that were set up answered questions ranging from where to buy a parking sticker to where to find the nearest deli. gE. Goins - L. Maloney Academics h 9

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x L Maloney Standing in the Presidential courtyard, Michelle Bridges, a senior in fine arts, gives directions as to the quickest way to the Hill to Janis Mills, a freshman in education. Many stu- dents went out the night before classes began to locate classrooms they would use that quarter. A crowd of students wait in line to have their checks ap- proved before they enter the check-out lanes. Students' checks are matched against a list of students, names in or- der to avoid a possible avalanche of bad checks. -L. Maloney i WAITINGlNLlNEWAlTlNGlNLlNE After spending two hours to two days rearranging their schedules, students headed for one or all of the bookstores on campus to buy books and supplies. It was a matter of personal opinion as to which store afforded the least waiting time and the lowest prices: the University Bookstore in the University Center, or the Campus Bookstore on Cumberland Avenue, where this fall HMiss Piggyll has beckoned gleefully to stu- dents in her Vol sweat-shirt from the window. Students were faced with a variety of notebooks, paper and pens to choose from. Was it better to have one big notebook for all Classes or a separate binder for each course? Again, it was a matter of opinion for the buyer. No matter when a student Chose to buy books or where, there was inevitably a line to wait in; however, unlike registration and drop and add, a student had more options as to the time of day to stand in line, and that sometimes made a big difference in the waiting time spent in bookstores. I went early in the morning and got through really quick. lt only took about 15 minutes, Cynthia Otto, a freshman in psychology, said. I waited for more than an hour and a half to buy my books and 45 minutes of that time I didn't even move, Vicki Foyer, a sophomore in history, said. With feet sore from standing in lines, hands shaky from writing large checks and arms weak from lugging heavy stacks of books, the students were ready to start classes. It was time to meet teachers and work schedules for the quarter. As commuters scrambled for parking spaces, every student at- tempted to arrive on time to their classes in or- der to avoid being dropped from the official class roll on the first day. Students having classes back-to-back on op- posite sides of the campus was a common oc- currence. Knowing the layout of the campus was an upperclassman's privilege. Freshmen and transfer students walked in dazed wonder trying to orient themselves to the large campus. While experienced students left the dorms at 8:45 am. to make it to an 8:55 am. Class, new students unacquainted with the surroundings often left for the same class as early as 8:20 to allow for Hwandering time. A senior smiled in pity as a freshman, standing in front of the PE. Building asked, ls it far from here to Ayres Hall? lim five minutes late for my class. There were buses available to ride to class, although a 10C fare was charged for the first time. Most stLidents preferred walking to classes before handing out even a dime more to the university. The students eventually found their way to each class, and by the end of the day, school life had settled into what would be the closest thing to routine for the quarter. e-KR Scanning the live shelves in front of him, David Hutton, a junior in education, hunts for his required books. Books are identified with a card specifying the title and author of the book, along with the teacher requiring it. Academicse 1 1