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The university

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Abstract

Rising sophomore Larry C. Marxer details his first year experience at The Johns Hopkins University, from the September 10 arrival of new students to the June 12 commencement on the quad. Key people introduced include Dr. Wendell R. Garner, head of the Psychology Dept.; Dr. G. Wilson Shaffer, dean of the Homewood schools; Dr. Robert H. Roy, dean of the engineering school; Irene M. Davis, registrar; William F. Logan, director of administration; P. Stewart Macaulay, provost; Dr. Carl B. Swisher, international law and political science scholar; and three religious advisors. Mergenthaler, Remsen, Gilman, and Shriver Halls and Homewood House are pictured on the 120-acre campus. The freshman orientation week includes an "eye to toe" physical exam and a weekend of recreation at the Baltimore YMCA Camp where alumni relations director Osmar P. Steinwald leads the students in a songfest. Of the 400+ Hopkins professors, the following are identified by name: Thomas F. Hubbard, Alsoph H. Corwin, Walter S. Koski, Kemp Malone, Abel Wolman, Alphonse Chapanis, James C. McLaren, and William L. Straus, Jr.