Freshman Week Program (Orientation), 1927 - 1964

File — Multiple Containers

Identifier: S:004

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Series: This series includes materials relating to Freshman Class/Freshman Week Program, honor system, intramural sports, student guides, orientation, Parent's Day/Weekend, regulations/behavior, Senior Year/Senior Week, student research/scholarship, and traditions.

Includes tickets, posters, programs, President Tyson memo, permission slip for female student, newspaper clippings, parking permit, invitations, confidential report of student committee, Freshman tags to be worn, booklets, schedules, student honor pledge, newsletters, manual, photos, "M" handbook, dormitory rules, fliers, songs and cheers.

Dates

1927 - 1964

Creator

Muhlenberg College (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research, with only a few very limited restrictions; access by appointment.

Extent

From the Collection: 50 Linear Feet (The bulk of the printed material (previously the vertical files) is contained in flip-top document cases. Textiles, memorabilia, and other realia is stored in appropriate lidded boxes.)

Additional Description

Booklets detail activities to be held throughout the first week; general information about college; Tyson memo regarding ceremony based upon tradition of John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg held in 1942; 1963-64; Handbook for Freshmen 1963-1964 includes general college information, activities, songs and cheers, regulations

Letter from President Tyson details why Freshman orientation, from 1939 to 1943, has proven successful. Includes PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE BY-LAWS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MUHLENBERG COLLEGE

Small booklet details Freshman Week Program September 20-23, 1953 - activities, campus map, fees, department locations, counselling committee

Small booklets, 1937-1947, detail schedules, receptions, placement tests

Small, wallet sized schedule of Freshman weekend activities from H. A. Benfer, registrar, 1937.

Listing of Student Freshman Advisers, Disciplinary Committee, and Freshman Challenge .