9:00 p.m. on. Party. By now you should have a nascent clique of like-minded buddies. Good for you.

Tuesday, September 12

9:00 a.m. Reading Test. Required of all Freshmen. This is, as the pamphlet says, "A test to estmate reading skills." Don't worry, you can't fail, and it doesn'r really matter. If you don't do well, the University will recommend that you take a worthwhile reading comprehension course at the Bureau of Study Council. So the ends of this test are kindly, but the means are a drag. The material on the test is guaranteed to be dull (in '75 it was some drivel about English kings of the 12th Century and their legal practices, I think). And it's so damned early in the morning... Big hint: Look in the back of the reading for a summary. All the answers are there.

1:00-2:45 p.m. Placement test in French. Ho ho. Didn't get a 560 on your French achievement, did you? Well, if you do okay on this test you don't have to take a year of languages, which is nice. The tests aren't toohard, and they are offered in German, Spanish, Chemistry, Math, Italian, Latin, Modern Hebrew, Greek and Russian. The nonlanguage jobs are for placement only, and they all take place at various times throught the week. An unavoidable necessity, unless you're a non-science type who already placed out of the language requirement. In which case you ought to spend time exploring Cambridge and Boston, or, failing that, smoking dope/playing catch in the Yard.

8:00 p.m. Faculty Discussion: "The Study of Film in the University," with stanley Cavell, Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value (great title, eh?). A movie will be shown and analyzed, which sounds like it'll be about as much fun as an evening with Henny Youngman. Cavell is a brilliant guy, but his lecturing style tends towards the dull and the obscure. Another harbinger--this one of all the dull lectures you will attend. We recommend a pass on this one. You'd be better off doing what we've told you to do every other night so far, that is, party, flip through the course catalogue, smoke dope/play catch in the Yard.

Wednesday, September 13

All throught today, there will be introductory meetings of interested Freshmen with the coaches of various teams. And there will also be physical examinations, from 4 to 10 p.m., for those considering a career in athletics here. But for the most part, this an open day, that is, the University doesn't have too many things up its sleeve for you. So relax.

1:00 p.m. Open house at the Office of Career Services and Off-Campus Learning, 54 Dunster Street. This is a great place, and their open house is usually very interesting. If you've ever been unsure of what to do with your life in college and afterwards (in other words, if you're a normal, confused 18-year-old), this is for you.

2:15 p.m. Athletic Meeting for all freshment intersted in intercollegiate athletics, Indoor Athletic Building, top floor. Now you can see what a pit the IAB is and why the basketball team has never been too inspired.

5:00 p.m.Faculty Discussion: "The Present State of Relativity," with steven Weinberg, Professor of Physics, at Science Center A. As far as we know, te earth is still in place, but if this is your kind of stuff, well, check it out.

8:00 p.m. Faculty Discussion: "Being and Knowing," with Louis Vosgerchian, Professor of Music, in Payne Hall. Vosgerchian is a really nice, enthusiastic teacher, but her lecture are rather scattered, if enjoyable. Up to you.

Evening: This should be a good night to check out some Cambridge night life, particularly since upperclassmen whould be returning about now.

9:30 p.m. Dance and Dance Instruction, at the Union. Arthur Murray won't be there, and you shouldn't be there either.

Thursday, September 14

Another sort of slow day. Smoke dope, play frisbee all day, or lie in the sun, if there is any. there usually isn't any. There are a couple of Freshman Trips, leaving at 9:30 for the Boston Museum of Fine arts and the Revolutionary War sites at Lexington and Concord, but you're bound to have more fun if you go on your own.