Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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gonna be here all day just unloading the car. I’ve never seen more nervous mothers, boxes or suitcases in my life. Here it is. Oh, gorgeous - I always wanted green cinder block walls. My roommate must have already gone to eat. Of course he ' s already got his junk in the only closet with doors and he probably spent a half hour picking out the best mattress. That ' s what I get for let¬ ting my mother waste an hour showing me all about All-Tempa-Cheer. . . Freshman Orientation began Sunday, September 2 when over six hundred WPI Freshmen swarmed into the Wedge to claim their room keys, directories and tons of paperwork. It was their first taste of the lines they would be spending a great deal of time in over the next week. The Freshman Orientation Committee had done a good job of setting up and scheduling all of the activities but long lines were inevitable. Luckily for the freshmen, a series of tours and seminars were available for the par¬ ents in order to give them time to unpack and figure out 11

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exactly what they had forgotten. The Class of ’83 un¬ loaded thousands of boxes that day, met neighbors and roommates, got their first taste of DAKA food at a bar¬ becue on the football field and said goodbye to hun¬ dreds of teary-eyed parents. The next three days consisted of mainly meetings, forms, fees and more lines. Dispersed between advisor meetings, floor meetings and waiting lines, different ac¬ tivities were scheduled. Due to rain Playfair was held in Harrington Auditorium. Those willing to brave the un¬ known found themselves making complete fools of themselves and enjoying it. A mime show was per¬ formed by the Pocket Mime Theater and various clubs and organizations put on performances and demonstra¬ tions of their own throughout the Orientation. Tuesday night, Fountainhead and “American Standard ” per¬ formed at the first mixer of the year and, finally, on Wednesday, September 5 at 8:00 A.M. classes began. 13