Whittier College - Acropolis Yearbook (Whittier, CA)

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■ «f« registration was a lengthy process . . . consultations, decisions, and endless card-filling took a long day, and sometimes two . . . after securing a sKeaf of papers and numerous instructions, students searched out advisers or department aid concerning majors or individual courses . . . faculty members remained seated and labeled while the students wandered . . . decisions made, the many and repetitious cards were filled, and signed by advisers . . . returned to the Registrar ' s office from whence they came, the cards were checked, and usually somewhat revised . . . there was another wait in line outside of the comptroller s office, where fees were adjusted . . . required class fees maintained all student-body enterprises, including the Acropolis, Quaker Campus, Rally Committee, and social affairs . . . released students were given student-body cards and frosh bibles . . . registration entailed much waiting, but the long lines and the crowded library tables provided opportunities for reunions, and enthusiastic questions and answers about summer work and fun. ...

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someKow every fall tKere was a recurrent newness and tnrill in starting classes and opening new books . . . students chose the seats they desired only to be assigned others . . . the weather was still summery, and thoughts or the beach were hard to put out of mind . . . those who could went down often for the last dips of the season . . . the weather and the numerous social events of the first weeks made it difficult to settle into routine . . . the first crop of blue slips was large . . . then suddenly routine was established ... it became harder to get up for those eight o clocks . . . there were quizzes, and exams, and papers . . . there were reg- ular meetings . . . and weekends were more and more eagerly awaited as the year progressed. . , ;1;5