',;I\~:::, ~< " ·--.",, ·---- .~~~§/ ·, \ ,) . MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY PUBJc)noN Volume 53, Number 4 Se ember, 1958 Published monthly in July, October, November, December, January, Febru ry [(~arch, April, and June, and bimonthly in August, September, and May by Michigan St ~·University. Second class mail privileges authorized at East Lansing, Michigan. In ancient Greece a Helot was a slave who served his Spartan ma.ster. This handbook, for you new Spartans, will serve as your swve in introducing you to traditions, rules, and activities at Michigan State. lltfERENCE DEPI. LIBRARY MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY EAST LANSING . MICHIGAN 2 THE HELOT CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE Your First Week 7 CHAPTER TWO Where You'll Live 21 CHAPTER THREE Rules and Regulations 33 CHAPTER FOUR Your Appearance 41 CHAPTER FIVE The Academic Side 49 CHAPTER SIX Religious Life 57 CHAPTER SEVEN Services and Facilities 63 CHAPTER EIGHT Student Government 71 CHAPTER NINE Sports at MSU 81 CHAPTER TEN Extracurricular Activities 91 Message from the President of Michigan State MANY OF YOU look upon education as something offered by teachers and garnered from books and laboratory experiments; these elements are highly important, but learning to be a good citizen is important too. You who have been accepted as students at Michigan State University have an excellent opportunity to learn good citizenship by actual practice while you are here. One of the riches of Michigan State is the wide opportunity it offers for students to live and work together towards worthwhile goals. The student who fails to partic ipate actively in the life of the campus community misses an important educational experience. This handbook is published to enable you, who are now strangers in our community, to become part of it as quickly and as pleasantly as possible. It will help you to become familiar with the laws and customs of this community, which as good citizens you will want to obey and observe; it will help you to learn the names and responsibili ties of your community's officials and organizations, the places to which you can turn for help if you should have personal difficulties, and the details of a wide variety of student activities in which you may participate. This University exists for your benefit; its principal objective is to maintain a situation in which each student can grow and develop to the limits of his individual capacity. You will have access to great cultural and intellectual treasures; you will have the guidance of a distinguished faculty and the use of fine facilities; you will live and work in a congenial atmosphere. Everything that can be done to stimu late your growth and development will be done. What you make of your opportunities depends on you alone. Your years on this campus can be happy and productive if you choose to make them so; it is my hope and belief that you will. John A. Hannah, President Michigan State University Message from the President of Student Gov't ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENT BODY, I would like to welcome you to Michigan State University. Michigan State takes great pride in both its academic and extra curricular achievements. We, as students, are provided with an en vironment that is conducive to the intellectual growth of each individual. This includes development in academic, cultural, athletic, and social areas. Many students leave here with their degrees, their lives aca demically complete but empty of the other potential experiences present in college life. Others, by taking advantage of the opportuni ties to gain valuable leadership and citizenship experience, leave Michigan State as your adults, well-rounded and ready to accept not only vocational but community responsibilities. It is up to you as new members of the college community to respond to the challenge which urges you to become an integral part of Michigan State. Only by carrying on the spirit and traditions, can both you and the college continue to grow. It is such growth which makes a great university even greater! Chuck Walther, President All-University Student Government 6 THE HELOT Chances are that you're thinking about your approaching trip to the campus and espe cially of what to include in your luggage. Although MSU has adequate closet space for each student, remember that there is no room for clothes you won't wear or items you won't use. WELCOME WEEK. 7 CHAPTER ONE Welcome Week YOU'LL BE ON YOUR WAY TO COLLEGE within a few weeks-on your way to East Lansing, Michigan, and the Michigan State University campus where you'll have some of the greatest experiences of your life. Probably you've gone through your copy of the MSU Catalog several times and talked with everybody you know who has ever attended Michigan State. Chances are that you catch yourself trying to visualize what it'll be like living in a campus residence halL Possibly you're already thinking about your approaching trip to the campus. If so, and if you're having trouble shutting lids on suitcases, you're just one of thousands of others across Michigan, the whole United States, in fact, and some foreign lands, who are having the same experience right now. In an effort to acquaint you with what's coming up during your first few days on campus, we've put together in this first chapter information from a good many sources. We hope it helps give you a glimpse of what to expect. The first week of fall term at Michigan State has been designated as "Welcome Week" to convey to you, the new student, the spirit of welcome that awaits you when you arrive on campus. Both students and faculty have participated in planning a program of activities to help you become oriented to life at Michigan State. Some of these activities, such as orientation meetings, tests and examinations, enrollment and registration, are designed to prepare you to enter your academic program as easily and efficiently as pos sible. A wide variety of other activities, including the "President's Welcome," meetings in residence halls, information meetings, and college open houses, seek to introduce you to campus life and to our university community. Many student groups have planned social events to express their welcome to you and to give you opportunities 8 THE HELOT to become acquainted with them, as well as with other new students. the students, the faculty, and Whatever methods we use, all of us - the administration - say, "Welcome, Spartans!" WHO PARTICIPATES IN WELCOME WEEK? All new undergraduate students, freshmen and transfers, partic ipate in the activities of Welcome Week. A most cordial invitation is also extended to the wife or husband of a married student to attend the social events, and nonrequired activities. WHEN SHOULD I ARRIVE ON CAMPUS? Welcome Week begins Sunday, September 21. Check-in at uni versity residence halls begins at 9 o'clock Sunday morning and continues throughout the day. The first activity required of all students is the "President's Wel come," Monday, September 22. All new students who live in univer sity residence halls are expected to attend the residence hall meeting Sunday evening. If your parents accompany you to the campus, you will want to arrive so that they may attend the Parents' Convocation Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Better still, you will want to come early and visit the University Health Center and Hospital during its open house from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. Following the Parents' Convocation, you and your parents will undoubtedly want to attend an open house at one of the campus religious centers. In short, plan to arrive early Sunday so that you and your parents may participate in all of the activities planned for you. HOW DO I FIND MY RESIDENCE HALL? If you have been notified of the name of the residence hall in which you will live, go directly there. On Sunday there will be students at information centers at all entrances to the campus to direct you to your hall. If you have not received your housing assignment, go to the Housing Office, Room 259 in the Student Services Building. This office will be open Saturday, September 20, and Sunday, September 21, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. If you should arrive on campus after the Housing Office is closed, report to the resident adviser of any resi dence hall, and you will be assigned to temporary quarters for the night. FOOD SERVICES On Sunday, September 21, the University Food Services will provide special service for new students and their parents. A noon dinner will be served from 12 noon to 1:15 p.m. and a Sunday evening supper from 5 to 6 p.m. in all residence halls. This service is available I ' 11 WELCOME WEEK 9 to all new students and their parents, not only to those who are residents of these halls. The charge for the buffet dinner at noon is $1.50 per person and for the evening supper, $1 per person. Tickets may be purchased at the various residence halls. In the Union Building the cafeteria will be open from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; the grill will be open from 9 a.m. to 10:30 p .m. At Kellogg Center, the State Room will serve breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m. and dinner from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday, September 21 10 a.m. to noon OPEN HOUSE AT OLIN MEMORIAL HEAL TH CENTER AND HOS PIT AL. This open house provides both you and your parents with an opportunity to become acquainted with the services and facilities of the university hospital. 12 noon to 1:15 p.m. BUFFET DINNER IN THE RESI- DENCE HALLS. 2:30 p.m. THE PRESIDENT'S CONVOCATION FOR PAR- ENTS OF NEW STUDENTS. This meeting is planned for your par ents while you are getting settled and becoming acquainted in your residence hall. Dr. John A. Hannah, President of Michigan State University, will be the principal speaker. 3:30 to 5 p.m. OPEN HOUSE AT CAMPUS RELIGIOUS CENTERS. After the Parents Convocation you will want to join your parents to attend an open house at one of the many- religious centers for students. If you are a married student, you and your wife or hus band will want to attend one of these open houses. These provide an opportunity to learn about the religious resources that are available to students at Michigan State and to meet the religious advisers. 5 to 6 p.m. SUNDAY EVENING SUPPER IN THE RESI- DENCE HALLS. 7:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. ORIENTATION IN MEN'S RESIDENCE HALLS. ORIENTATION IN WOMEN'S RESIDENCE HALLS. At these orientation meetings you will be introduced to residence hall living. Since group living will be a new experience for most of you, you will find these meetings extremely helpful. In addition, you will meet the staff, the student officers, and the other personnel of the residence halls. Every new student - freshman or transfer - who will live in a university residence hall should not fail to arrive on campus in time for these meetings. 10 THE HELOT Monday, September 22 8 a.m. THE PRESIDENT'S WELCOME TO ALL NEW FRESHMEN. Please note that this meeting is scheduled at 8 a.m., not at 7:30 a.m. as stated on the yellow sheet, "Instructions and Informa tion," mailed by the Office of the Registrar with your card of ad mission. At this meeting which is held in the university auditorium, President Hannah, Dean Tom King, and the President of Student Government will give you their personal welcome to Michigan State. The printed program of all Welcome Week activities will be dis tributed at this meeting. It is through this program that you will know where you are to be and when you must be there throughout the entire week. You will follow an alphabetical schedule, which is in cluded in the program, to complete many of the required pre-registra tion activities. Since the meeting will begin promptly at 8 a.m., plan to arrive at the Auditorium somewhat earlier to secure your program and be directed to your seat by a member of the Association of Off Campus Students who serve as ushers for all the convocations during Welcome Week. 9:15 a.m. THE BASIC COLLEGE CONVOCATION FOR NEW FRESHMEN. Dean Edward Carlin will give you information about the Basic College in which all new students are enrolled during the freshman and sophomore years. He will acquaint you with the Basic courses and your responsibilities as a Basic College student. 10:15 a.m. THE PRESIDENT'S WELCOME TO NEW TRANSFER STUDENTS. For most transfer students this convocation is the first activity scheduled on Monday. Some of you, however, whose last names begin with "Na" through "Sarn" will notice on a printed sheet of instructions sent with your card of admission that you are scheduled to report to room 128 in the Natural Science build ing for an orientation meeting at 8:45 a.m. This meeting will con clude in ample time for you to attend the "President's Welcome." Since many of the new students at Michigan State are transfer stu dents, the President has scheduled this meeting especially for you. ORIENTATION MEETING This meeting with a member of the staff of the University Coun seling Center is designed to acquaint you with the various activities which you are required to complete before you are eligible to register for the first time. Since each meeting includes a relatively small num ber of students, you will have an opportunity to ask any special ques tions that you may have. So that you may be given information which is of particular interest to you, there are separate groups for veterans and nonveterans, for freshmen and transfers. Since these meetings, like the other required pre-registration activities, are scheduled alpha- Members of two sophomore honoraries, Tower Guard and Green Helmet, will staff the information tent throughout Welcome Week. betically in the Welcome Week program which you will receive at the "President's Welcome," some of you will be scheduled to attend an orientation meeting directly after the "President's Welcome." TESTS AND EXAMINATIONS Throughout Welcome Week, tests and examinations which are required of all new undergraduate students are scheduled to follow the orientation meeting. Since you have already been officially ad mitted to Michigan State, these tests will have no effect upon your admission. Rather, they are designed primarily to determine whether you have any academic deficiencies or special competencies. Since limitations in English or arithmetic or speech problems may prove to be a handicap in academic success, the University provides Im provement Services for students who are in need of them. The results of these tests will be made immediately available to you so that you may be enrolled in an Improvement Service your first term in college if it seems necessary. If, on the other hand, you have special skills in English, or in some other specified academic areas, you may qualify through tests to enroll in honors sections. The results of a reading test and a scholastic ability test which you will also take will be made available to you later in the term. CHEST X-RAY You are required to have a chest X-ray for your own protection and that of your fellow students. [ i~ You will attend a pre-registration meeting at which you will be shown a series of slides to acquaint you with the process of registering for courses and paying fees. SWIMMING TEST AND ROTC MEETING These activities are for men only. If you have had 12 months or more of active military service or if you are a transfer student admitted to an upper college rather than to Basic College, you are not required to attend these events. ENROLLMENT About a day and a half after you attend the orientation meeting you will have completed the tests and examinations and will be ready to go to see your enrollment officer or academic adviser. It is with his assistance that you arrive at a selection of courses in which you wish to enroll during your first term at Michigan State. In some majors, such as engineering, your curriculum is prescribed for the first term, as you may note in the university catalog. Other curricula consist of both required and elective courses. It is in these curricula that your enrollment officer can be most helpful in assisting you to determine which courses are most appropriate. During the summer many of you will receive a letter notifying you of the name of your enrollment of ficer or of the office to which you report for enrollment. If you do not receive such a notice, it is not a matter of concern since you may secure this information when you arrive on campus. WELCOME WEEK -13 PRE-REGISTRATION MEETING After you have been enrolled, you will attend a pre-registration meeting. Here you will be shown a series of slides prepared by the Registrar's Office to acquaint you with the process of registering for courses and paying fees. Following the slide showing, a student guide will take you and a small group of other new students to the Audi torium. Here your guide will give you additional information which will assist you to register for your courses as quickly and efficiently as possible. REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT OF FEES This is the last step in the process of becoming a full-fledged Michigan State student. At the Auditorium you will determine the hours which you will attend class and you will pay your fees. These fees include your course fees, out-of-state tuition if you come from a state other than Michigan, room and board if you live in a university residence hall, and any special fees you may happen to have for courses such as music, as well as deposits for physical education an