Lipscomb University - Backlog Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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To Meditate Chapel . . . a period set aside daily for a specific pur- pose. Quietly sitting together in Alumni Auditorium, approximately 1200 Lipscomb students and teachers are given an opportunity to meditate, worship and con- template the goodness of God. Singing . an inspiring feature of every chapel service. Visitors to the chapel services often comment that listening to the sound of these young voices blend- ing together in hymns of praise is indeed an inspirational experience. This year the regular director of chapel singing has been Charles Nelson, who has done much to make the students more conscious of the power and beauty of their singing together. Special chapel services are often planned with a central theme expressed in and Worship songs of praise and adoration to God. Praying ... seasons of thanksgiving .. . silent medi- tations. In chapel, students and teachers are encouraged to express their innermost desires and petitions. In these moments of quiet communion, the participants feel nearer to the Father and to each other. Special chapel services include inspiring messages by speakers on the lecture programs, faculty members and students. Vice-President Willard Collins plans the chapel programs, selecting topics for discussion and assigning them to various speakers. Whether chapel for the day is a brief devotional period or a full-length serv- ice, it is a time for meditation, for introspection, and for private worship. NC

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cull “SORRY, but this section is filled,’ Patty Landon, instructor in secre- tarial science, tells a persistent sophomore who just can’t change her schedule this quarter. Page 20 Primer of Mob Psychology “Mass organized confusion” is what everyone calls registration. Lines never seem longer and tempers never seem shorter than on the days set apart for the purpose of signing up for classes. Three yellow cards, two blue slips, two white cards, two pink slips—and on and on are the materials required for this complicated process. Freshmen are expected to be confused at this new routine, but even third quarter seniors have difficulty getting their class schedule arranged on the Big Day. After standing sleepily in line for a few early morning hours, the registering student finally gets all the neces- sary cards, slips and class schedules. The next step is to find a quiet, secluded place, and, with pen in hand, begin to fill in the 363 blank spaces on the cards. A sigh of relief—all finished. Now the only thing to be done is to get the instructors’ approval and pay the bill. But problems always arise from some source or other, and again there are the long, long lines. Classes are filled, and a new schedule has to be worked out, which eliminates free periods and a lunch hour. C'est la vie. The trials and tribulations of registration day seem nothing in comparison to the pushing, shoving, elbowing mass of students on pre-registration day. Designed to eliminate confusion and save time, pre-registration is an example of mob psychology. Even soft music in the library (scene of the hectic battle) cannot save the stepped-on toes and claustrophobia victims. SITTING in a deserted corridor is as good a place as any for filling out registration cards, according to freshman Toy Martin, who is determined not to let this get him down.

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SSRs Sad BEAUTIFUL DAY at the park, and everyone gets into the act. Cliett Goodpasture exhibits his skill as a golf-playing prof, and later in the afternoon the boys exert themselves in a hard fought tug o’ war on the creek bank. The losing side gets dunked in the muddy water! A Holiday at the Park Some days at Lipscomb are lovely, others are dreary, but there are only two BEAUTIFUL DAYS! Once in the fall and once in the spring, on a date no one knows, when no one suspects, a dreary day of study is trans- formed into a cheery day of fun by a single phrase from Willard Collins, “Oh, what a beautiful day.” Some- times the band blares out that familiar “Oklahoma” tune, and sometimes a blundering student blurts it out in the middle of chapel announcements. No matter what the means, the end is the same—a jam-packed, fun-filled day of diversion, games, and food. It is the day to push aside an unfinished theme, a day to forget why you were upset with your sweetheart, a day to give the faculty a holiday. After the good news is welcomed in like the New Year, students scamper for their sports clothes, board the buses and autos and depart for the park. Whether the afternoon is spent playing softball, volleyball or tug-o-war, it is one that will be a cherished memory of Lipscomb days. Whether it is spent eating barbeque or collecting specimens for biology class, it will be an experience to be told and retold. But, alas, too much play has its effect! By the end of the day many weary students trudge back onto campus, tired but happy. The pleasure of the day’s activities overshadow the worn-out feeling, and thoughts of the next beautiful day begin to formulate. The traditional holiday experiences its variations, but the exhilaration of the situation rests in the naure of human- ity—the pursuit of happiness. NO CLASSES and thankful to be together on another Beautiful Day. Dr. Joe Sanders expresses the thanks for the food and other blessings on behalf of the students at the traditional picnic at the park. ———