Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-08
Advice to WouId-Be Frosh
Freely Offered by Old Grad
BY Adele Chidakel
BY Adele Chidakel
Staff Reporter

September is the month when hundreds of bright
eyed county girls troop off to start the big adven
ture- going to college, AS slightly glassyeyed mem
Der of the University of Maryland Alumni Association
(cass of 1859, feel well qualified to offer little ad
vice to almost-freshmen. I've been through it, and
know
First of all, stop right where you are; Do not go
downtown armed with the entire contents of your
parents joint checking account and the College Issue of
Glamour. Do not take gospel the fashion magazines
exhortations to buy tweed bermudas, black watch
Jumpers, pink tennis Shoes etc. There is required
DRESS there is collegiate look Girls at college dress
just like girls their age anywhere else. If you feel that
you need extra clothes, by all means buy them. But
don't throw out everything in your closet and buy the
Complete College Wardrobe for Only 81 842 80 listed on
page 26 of Seventeen. Fill in the gaps in your ward
robe with the kinds of clothes you like and feel
Portable in
While Pm on the subject of Clothes must point out
that the bermuda shorts, oreador pants plaid Stacks
and other pants affairs which the magazines go
into ecstasies are taboo most coed campuses The
University of Maryland - where suspect the majority
of our local girls will go forbids anything but
skirts on the campus. You get away with pants of
course Saturday afternoons, but don't try to wear
those new bermudas recommended by Vogue to your
o'clock history class. If you do, you'll be out of that
class by 8:O1.
AS for sororties - for many girls, they're wonder
full But only very very small percentage of the girls
at any school belong to them and the nom oners
not ostracized from civilized society. Register to go
through formal sorority rushing - it's rat-race, but
it's fun. But then, girls, take my advice and wait till
you've been there at least semester before you
pledge any sorority By then, you'll have good idea
OF which group of girls you'd like to join you'll be
able to watch the different groups in their activities and
get to know of the girls At rush parties, every
bodys best behavior and you can't tell thing about
ANYBODY. there's at he first
semester is the hardest because adjustment must be
made to completely new routine The extra time
sumed by being sorority pledge has been the downfall
of many freshmen girls.
If you go to large university - and I'm thinking
specifically of one in College Park expect to be thor
oughy confused until at least the third week of classes
But don't let 1t upset you everyone else is confused
too. You'll find that upperclassmen really do treat
freshmen like human beings Especially female fresh
men, and that most instructors welcome the chance to
advise their students and get them to know them better
The best equipment can think of for a new coed
is ready SMILE big notebook and good strong arches
Just remember that each crisis will be all over in five
minutes, and therell be another crisis along in ten
minutes. This way you retain your of humor
Go to school to be educated certainly but don't take the
whole thing so seriously that you're utterly crushed
when you funk first pop quiz. Just go back to the
dorm and relax while, then study up for the second
quiz.
And have good time you won't believe it until
you're old alum like me, but these really the best
years of your life