Bryan College - Commoner Yearbook (Dayton, TN)

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UPPER LEFT: Mr. Hardman says, It ' s not wrong to have a problem, but its wrong to keep it. LOWER LEFT: Nan Lloyd picks up her orien- tation packet. LEFT CENTER: Along with his cheerful smile, Mr. Hardman ' s visual aids helped us forget about concrete bleachers. UPPER RIGHT: Faculty members help Freshmen register. CENTER: The Court laughs at Dave Hobbs and Bob Tatum as they pay hom- age to Mr. Andrews. CENTER RIGHT: Robin Bursmith tells Tom Goetz why he should ask her on a date. LOWER RIGHT: Jon Eisenback ' s defense seems to be putting the Court to sleep. K.inf»,.iroo Court 21

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Learning to Deal With Problems But these external preparations are not so impor- tant as the internal and the spiritual. So Rev. Marlin Hardman speaks to us in the Spiritual Life meetings about dealing with problems (claiming his major one to be the lack of sufficient hair). The thrust of his mes- sages can be summarized in the admonition he gives to Pray, really pray — sound advice, to be sure, for those in the throes of semester registration. The week comes to an end with a night of freshmen initiation rites. The Nazi regime of Colonel Zopfi and Pvt. Hughson, afraid that no one will attend their Kangaroo Court, posts required attendance and takes pleasure in jumping all over their dumkoft victims. With this we take a last breath of leisure and face the oncoming marathon of classes, homework, and tests. 20 Spiritual Life Meetings

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President ' s Reception Dear Mom, Dad, and kids, ¥ 1 September 2, 1973 Can ' t believe I ' m writing another letter— I guess you can tell I ' m really homesick. Boy I think I ' d give almost anything to see something familiar again. Everything here is so foreign and DIFFERENT. Well you know in my last letter I told you about all those orientation meetings. Now you wouldn ' t believe what came up this week-end—it was called the President ' Reception, The purpose of this event was to give all the new kids the op-oortunity to meet the faculty and administration. So we got all dre?sed up (i wore that formal we bought just before I left) and they paired us up with blind dates, I ' m not going to tell all the details, but believe me it was weird. And weirdest of all was what they gave me for a date, First of all he looked like a 6th grader bom premature. He had horn-rimmed glasses, buck teeth, and his head must have just been sheared for the occasion, Made me sick. M Hfei Well we had to walk down the sidewalk together while all the upperclassmen stood around and threw rice and toilet paper (the rest were back in the dorms swallowing goldfish). Then we went into the main building wher the administration and faculty were lined up. They had this little routine where you introduced yourself to the first person and he introduced you to the next and so on down the line, smiling and nodding Japanese style. After that we went into a room where they had refreshments and a musical program. That was pretty good. Then, to my relief, Mr. Anemia took me back to the dorm and I spent the rest of the evening cleaning up the room (which was a total wreck from our getting ready), I know you ' ll be glad, Mom, that I ' m keeping my room clean. Besides this, everything is going O.K. : I ' ve met a lot of new people and am rather anxious for classes to begin. Trust all is well at that end. Will write later. Lovingly, Your freshman daughter f ,, .