East Mississippi Community College - Lion Yearbook (Scooba, MS)

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10 President IdL A Oart )OUlF 9 There are many things that go to make up a college. Most immediately apparent is the physical plant. If this be shoddy or unkempt, the casual campus visitor is likely to make an unflattering snap judgment of the educational offerings. When Mr. Harbour assumed the presidency six years ago, he immediately set about improving the visible plant. The list of improvements is a long one with the costs reaching into hundreds of thousands of dollars, and all these improvements added greatly to the appearance of the campus and to our comfort. A second important attribute of a college is its morale. Students and faculty must have a community of interest, a feeling that they are working for a common goal. College morale is an abstraction, but, like the intangible air, it is apparent to everybody in the college family, and everybody in the college family in some way contributes to it. This morale includes the pattern of sportsmanship, the worth of the college pro- gram, and the general air of integrity. A third and cogent force in a college is the library. Without a functioning library there can be no mental quickening, no awareness of the great dreams of the past, no interest in the world beyond the hedging borders, nor any vision of the larger world. The first effort for library improvement was the new building with its new furniture; the next was an impetus in book buying; and the third was in the personal service and the atmosphere of the library. Because of Mr. Harbour ' s unflagging efforts to improve the plant, the repute, and the scholastic product of EMJC, we, the staff, are most happy to dedicate to him this issue of 1 lie JL a ion mam

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THE EDITOR Jimmy Wright THE PHOTOGRAPHER— Trenton Agee Hmm . . . what did I do wrong? ' THE SPONSOR Dr. Annette Crickard ' The yearbook? ... no trouble at all! '

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