Registration 1970 Style
As students gather in the Annie Merner Pfeiffer Library today, January 8, 2018, to register for Spring Semester, it seems fitting to take a look at what that process used to look like.
In 1970, there were punch cards instead of electronic databases and tools. There were only just so many cards per class, so you could tell immediately if the class was filling up. Many is the time that the person right in front of you in line got the very last card. At times, words were exchanged!
Once everyone had been through the line, the punch cards were run through the main frame computer which was located in Christopher Hall.
Best of luck to the current Bobcats for a great semester. Work hard, learn well, and enjoy your time at Wesleyan! Believe it or not, these ARE the good old days!
To find out more about the people who have studied and worked here for the last 127 years or so, take a look at DreamersAndGiants.com. This website is just getting started, and more is being added every day. After all, it took us well over a century to get this far! It will take a while to gather all of the stories.
