University Opens With Record 8,000 Students
The University of Alabama plans for a record 8,000 student enrollment next week. Facilities have been expanded including barracks dormitories and apartments to house veterans and freshmen. Northington General Hospital will become a self contained campus unit with classrooms and offices. Registration begins Tuesday with tests for freshmen and orientation arranged by the Student Government Association.
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Freshmen Orientation and Housing Aims Set at Capstone
Reynolds notes freshmen wear rat caps to revive old University custom while Dean Ralph Adams warns undecided applicants not to come without Capstone commitments. All dorm space is used and extra arrangements seek housing in Tuscaloosa as the fall term opens September 30. orientation runs September 23 to include Women’s Welcome, testing, counseling, veterans meetings, pajama parties, and Church Night events across campus.
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Upward Fall Birds Ride Rising Air Currents
Birds soar as they coast through rising air. They gain altitude when the air ascends faster than their descent, dipping and rising with the wind's lift.
Monument to Temperance Erected at Bremo Virginia in 1831
America's first prohibition monument stands as a marble temple on the James River at Bremo Virginia. It marked the spring of pure water as a tribute to the sons of temperance and was erected in 1831.
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