Arkansas State University - Indian Yearbook (Jonesboro, AR)

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A NEW FOOTBALL COACH in the person of Hugh Bones Taylor took over the reins of the sagging Indian football fortunes and started off with a lot of confidence in his boys. 1 CHARTER OFFICERS of the newly formed colony of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity, which ranks first in the number of chapters of any greek organization in the United States. PRESIDENT RENG holds a check for the first industrial scholarship ever to be awarded at Arkansas State College. Members of the Jonesboro Insurance Association are shown making the presentation. ANNUAL EDITOR JIM STEPHENS briefs his staff for the job of putting together this golden anniversary issue of ' The Indian. ' 29

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the 49th year ends and the 50th begins CO-EDITORS of The State Colleqe Herald named — they were Louise Falls and D. L. Bailey. One of the greatest things about Spring is the idea that everything and everyone seems to burst forth with new life and new vitality. The old must be continually replaced by the new. This process was evident at Arkansas State. New seniors stepped up to take the place of the graduates; the Veterans Club, long active on the campus, vanished and in its place Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity arose to take its place among the Greek letter societies on campus; Jim Stephens was re-elected as editor of the ' 59 Indian and a new organization to help give financial aid to athletes was formed. GRADUATING SENIORS enjoy their last luncheon together before they pass into the ranks of the alumni, il

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freshmen arrive . . . activities are many . I Not all college life is consumed by the pursuit of knowledge. Students at ASC have their fun. Campus activities started almost as soon as the students arrive on campus. During this period the students let down their hair for a while to enjoy, among other things, dances, and midnight bull sessions over a cup of coffee. Then all of a sudden, registration ends and classes commence. Professors begin to make as- signments and the students ' groans about overwork begin to be heard. FRESHMAN GIRLS arrive on the campus and find what all upperclassmen knew already the closets are too small.