Whittier College - Acropolis Yearbook (Whittier, CA)

 - Class of 1943

Page 19 of 200

 

Whittier College - Acropolis Yearbook (Whittier, CA) online collection, 1943 Edition, Page 19 of 200
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Page 19 text:

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

Page 18 text:

■ «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. ...



Page 20 text:

Orientation Week preceded registration ... it was planned to acquaint freshmen and transfers witK campus traditions and personalities . . . the Sosecos and Knignts saw that the girls and fellows got settled in the dorms . . . new students got to know each other, old students, and faculty members . . . each one was thrilled hy his first talk with genial and friendly Dr. Mendenhall . . . numerous get- togethers and mixers were planned . . . one of the first of these was a barbecue in the Herbert E. Harris amphi- 16

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