Lipscomb University - Backlog Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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MOMENTS like these spent laughing, talking and singing around a bonfire give freshmen a feeling of comradeship. Singing together begins to become a favorite part of life at Lipscomb. Page 18 On Being a Freshman Coming to college for the first time brings rapid transitions. Realizing this, college personnel and upper- classmen endeavor to make the changes and new routines as pleasant as possible for the bewildered freshmen. There may be a twinge of homesickness or confusion as to how to go about registering. Yet, being a freshman is far from the deplorable state of misery and affliction it is usually pictured. For an entire week before the upperclassmen report for duty, the freshmen are formally initiated to the way of life at college. These are a baffling seven days—get- ting to know a roommate from the opposite corner of the country, learning about the extensive array of dormitory rules, and making friends with other be- wildered newcomers. At the informal freshman mixer, games and relays help ‘“‘break the ice,” and the names of fellow frosh begin to attach themselves to the correct faces. Later in the evening, a bonfire on the campus provides a per- fect backdrop for a song fest. Sitting among the boys and girls who will be his classmates and close companions (and down the row from someone who might be his future “one and only’’), the freshman joins happily in the singing. A formal reception on the lawn at Lipscomb is the grand climax of “welcome week.” The receiving line includes the college administrators and faculty members. Over and over again, “My name is...” and another freshman “belongs.” EXTENDING a friendly wel- come to the new class of fresh- men, the dean, the vice-presi- dent, and the president of the college are among those in the receiving line at the formal freshman reception on the lawn.

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Return to Routine From Maine to California and from Florida to Ore- gon, students wend their way back to the Lipscomb campus when “fall is in the air.” They leave behind them a summer vacation of employment, exercise and excitement. The “pause that refreshes” was long enough to make the return to the campus a welcome change. To a girl returning to the campus after a carefree summer, a friendly smile is one of the best welcomes she can find anywhere. If the first person to greet her when she steps out of the car happens to be a gallant Lipscomb male, she is suddenly overjoyed to see him. He volunteers to help her transport the trunks, boxes, lamps, radios, and flowers to her dormitory room. The first day back—so much to talk about, and so many people to see. There are hours of “What did you do and where did you go this summer?” The boys are not as exuberant as the girls about being on campus again, but in their own strange system of communica- tion, they too manage to find out what has been going on all summer and to notice how many good-looking girls are new on the campus. The least popular topic of conversation is school work. When the rude awakening does come (after a = grueling day of registration), all agree that these first exciting days have made the transition to studies easier. SUNTANNED and rested, seniors Fred Copeland and Jack Amos come back to the campus for their last year of college life. CONVENIENTLY forgetting the nine pieces of luggage to be unloaded, roommates Kay Shaw and Betty Parks greet each other exuberantly. Robert Walker, seeing his duty as a gallant Lipscomb male, begins carrying suitcases without complaint. | a aan uly) =F Ei , : a Ps 7 a Page EZ

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FASTER, faster! Sackie Week and initiation of freshmen are almost “IF I SAY CRAWL, you crawl!” snarls upper classman, Ron Dixon. over. The mistreated freshmen compete in relays at the halftime of He barely manages to suppress a smile at the plight of a lowly “‘Sackie,”’ an interclass football game. who really isn’t scared at all. IT’S ALL FINISHED, and freshmen are no longer “sackies,’ but are people again. Jubilant, they race to toss their sack hats (symbol of their persecution) into the blazing bonfire. Page 19