Drug policies must consider social , counselling needs

by GARY BREWTON New registration procedures requiring students to sign up f o r s p r i n g c o u r s e s b y November 18 have been put i n t o e f f e c t t o i m p r o v e e s t i m a t e s on the size of classes. Each student is required to turn in by next Tuesday a mark-sense form signed by his advisor and listing prospective courses. He will have the option to drop and add courses without penalty during the first two weeks of classes; however, his advisor's signature must be obtained on all drop-add slips. The new system is similar to the one used three years ago except tha t the instructor's signature is not required on drop-add s l ips . T h a t old system was changed in 1973 to a l l o w s t u d e n t s g r e a t e r freedom in selecting courses and to cut the paperwork mandated by the drop-add system. The two-week-delay r e g i s t r a t i o n s y s t e m h a s a c c o m p l i s h e d b o t h t h o s e goals, although a spokesman in the Registrar 's office did not know exactly how much the drop-add traffic had been cut.