40 years ago: Computer-aided enrollment goes faster than ever

From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Jan. 19, 1972:

Do you remember the “enrollment maze” at Kansas University? Students had to follow a path through Allen Fieldhouse, making various stops on their way to full registration and enrollment. William Balfour, vice chancellor for student affairs, said that the “maze” featured a few changes this semester which were having the desired effect of speeding up the process. KU’s new “computer-prepared” student registration data sheet was also proving to be quite helpful, Balfour said. Later in the week, spring enrollment was reported to have been the smoothest in recent years, with Registrar William Kelly reporting that some students were able to complete the entire process in 1 1/2 hours. One student who had been readmitted after several years away from school had gone through enrollment in only 45 minutes. “He was amazed,” Kelly said, adding that the student had not attended KU since the days when the enrollment process was staged in the Kansas Union.