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Milly Farrens, center, of Boyers unpacks her clothes while being visited by fellow freshmen Mary Ritts, left, and Susan Masters, both of Butler, in her dorm room at Slippery Rock State College on Sept. 8, 1964. All three had arrived on the campus for freshman orientation week. The college had 842 new students in 1964 for a total enrollment of 2,319, a school record. This year's fall semester started Aug. 27 at Slippery Rock University, with more than 1,500 freshmen arriving early to learn about life on the campus. This year's enrollment at SRU is about 8,300 students.

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