Jones County Junior College - Lair Yearbook (Ellisville, MS)

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ls dx N. h. i .L . , .gg 'lfsasxti lf Us 5' ' .fzgffg 'tr M rss Y Denese Sumrall and Sheri Felts hold up signs made by the BSU to promote spirit for the state championship game. :xl Mitchell Jones concentrates on his duties in machine shop. Jones is a friendly place. When you meet on a sidewalk or pass in a crowded hall, you see smiles and people you don't even know say Hi! in a sociable way. Most people hold the door open just that fraction of a second longer for you to pass through to let you know they're aware you're there. Jones is clean and the sidewalks are sunny. The buildings are new and the walk from class to class on campus is just long enough to let you stretch your legs, see a few friends, and breathe in the air. Even on a rainy day it is not too bad - what a great ice breaker it is, getting dampened and making a mad dash for class with everyone else. Cold days are fun, too - it is great to get out in the air, clear the cobwebs out of the brain up top and see all the red noses and rosy cheeks. But how we love to complain, southern fashion, over the cold! Even the air is country fresh at Jones, nestled as it is against the low hills at the edge of Ellisville, one of Mississippi's oldest towns. No smog here from factory or shipyard to color the air or seep into the lungs. Just clean air,,a school where you can apply yourself to learning if you've a mind to do it, and enough nice people to make some good friends. The students at JCJC are mostly from the eight counties surrounding Ellisville and the JCJC campus, from the counties of Greene, Smith, Perry, and Jasper, from Wayne, Jones, Covington, and Clarke. They come from places with interesting names like Shubuta, Sylvarena, Collins, and Ovett. Their homeplaces are Waynesboro, New Augusta, Runnelstown, and Louin, or Hebron, Heidelburg, Bay Springs, Soso, and Richton. Most of the students chose to come to JCJC because it was near their homes and convenient or because the cost of two years of college at JCJC represented a big cost saving for their families. Many decided to come to Jones because so many of their friends were coming. Still others come because their parents are proud alumni and want their sons and daughters to come to their school. These are all good reasons, though probably the best reason for coming to JCJC is that the subjects offered are varied enough to equip them with two good years along the way to a career or job. A friendly place X 109

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A friendly place, cont. s Most of the students at JCJC commute daily to the campus and home again. While here on campus they try to spend free periods with friends. ln between classes students may head for the grill for a coke or a sandwich. The grill is always filled with students rapping with their buddies about their classes, what their teachers did, how awful the homework is, or the latest movie or maybe about the cute girl in their math class. Here the noise is always a few decibels louder than anywhere else on campus. Elsewhere on campus, students may find a quiet table under the trees to study or relax a bit. Sometimes groups meet at the fountain or under the arbor to talk, work on homework or maybe practice a speech for class while friends listen patiently and sympathetically. The library is a popular place and a wise choice of places to be during an off period. Often the quiet and peace of the library may be all some students will have of tranquility their whole day through. Some students go back to classrooms during their off periods to work. Someone is always in the iournalism newsroom working on a layout or typing up an article. Over in the art department too, students drop in to work a little longer on a painting or finish an assignment where they can find a little moral support from other students. Here and there around campus students go where their interests lead them whether it be to the ba nd hall or the Ag building, or various other spots. Each day some students can always be found in the game room. Here they have a chance to play pool, try the pinball machines, have a ga me of fooz ball or ping pong. There are cards and tv for those who want that. The more energetic enjoy going to the PE building to work out or perhaps to play tennis or racquet ball. Some students simply go back to their cars for a quiet smoke, or to study or talk. Gary Graves and Kathy Simmins share their music during a practice session. iiou.f.i..ai,,,i.,, Sr li Beth Wood qtffm l VXA, A S. in