Valparaiso University - Beacon / Record Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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Over 1000 members of this year's freshman class hear speakers elaborating on life at Valpo during Freshman Orientahon Week early m Septemben Proudly, yet :imidly, these freshmen wear their traditional freshman becnies. 27

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Progressing up one of several sand dunes, Freshmen are Unaware of The grueling iourney ahead of Them which has been Trclveied for many years. 26 Orientation SepTember 7, 1965 brought many new and eager faces To Volpo's campus 05 The members of The class of 1969 arrived for OrieanTion Week. During This week sTudenTs were kepT busy wiTh assemblies, The ineviTGbie placemenf exams, and meeTings wiTh advisers. Social life was noT TorgoTTen eiTher. Each day freshman mailboxes conToined whiTe mimeogrophed sheeTs ouTIining The varieTy of social ocTiviTies planned for Them. These included GeT AcquainTecl NighT, SkiT NighT, when The freshmen were given Their TirsT opporTuniTies To meeT PresidenT Krefzmonn, mixers, STunT Night, and perhaps The mosT memorable of all, The Dunes Picnic. In addiTion, The new sTudenTs were bombarded wiTh The seemingly endless IisTs Of housing rules and reguleTions. Freshmen quickly become c:c- quoinied wiTh pink slips, blue slips, meal TickeTs,.sign-OUT sheeTs, end roommoTese Soon SepTember 18 arrived and The 1075 freshmen omcially regisTered cs universiTy sTudenTs. Newly acquainted, This freshman couple siops To rest and chat on Their hike To Lake Michigan.

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With neatly planned scheduies in hand, students in the second group of registrants are prepared to face closed class sections and more lines inside the library Registration Registration, heid on September 13 and 14 this fall, was the usual hectic experience, initiating Freshmen into the com- plexities of college red-tope and reminding Upperclossmen that they were indeed back at Valpo. The tiring day included, for most, planning a schedule, checking with advisers, standing in lines to place their names on class lists ioncl often finding that the section they wanted was ciosedi, filling out those long railroad tickets with quantities of statistics, standing in bill- ihg lines and then fighting the bookstore crowds to find text- books. For many, the day meant settling in new dormitories, renewing old acquaintances, and sneaking off to the Dunes. Old records were broken with 0 total enrollment of nearly 4000 students. Registration day in the tall means unloading trucks, back seats, and even U-Hquis for many students. 28