Lipscomb University - Backlog Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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Upperclassmen moved in literally and figuratively last fall. Rush, Rush, Rush To Get In Step Goodbye to summer tans, fun, and friends. It’s a long way to go from Massachusetts and Michigan to Tennessee. But it was September, the time to go back. With tanned faces and lithe bodies used to water skiing and swimming. The girls brought with them new clothes. The guys stuck to cars, stereos, and golf clubs. They greeted old friends as if the three months separa- tion had been three years, labeling themselves upper- classmen. And remembered the nearly forgotten. Au- tumn is for arrival and anticipation. Three older classes formed their old crowds. Tomorrow, study time. Black and white symbols of first day success. COGPERATIVE ENGLIGN TEST SAO BOIRAKE TOTO UTE rK Page 26 Three older classes wanted freshmen to feel welcome. At first they couldn’t feel it at all. It was hard to find it for the bedlam of firsts. Tests, registration, lines, receptions, and adjustment. Just too many things to do and to think about. Classes . . . parties . . . meet- ings . . . and dates. Part of the rush to get in step. Making the cast for the first play or working on a staff. Fraternal pledging met. But most of all deciding what counts. What doesn’t. Much more to be dropped than to remain. It’s the same old simple tale to be told every year. Freshmen getting the feel of Lipscomb at last. In the evening faculty faces to be met.

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Fall’s for a fresh start in the game. Suddenly it was spring as we looked back. Outside the window . . . pictures of a winter that slipped away.

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Game For The First Day of School Long day’s journey into Lipscomb. Found at the foot of thirty lines. Counsellors are concerned or casual. Frantic is the freshman at first. He begins according to the name of his father and ends up spending the money of the same. Seeking out the scholar’s way of life. Decisions must be made and must be met. What major. What minor. What pro- fessor. Which lab. When to eat. How large a load can be carried. Handwriting gets worse with each classcard. And sometimes the best courses are closed. Business office line moves swiftly. It’s all over. But it isn’t. Bound Babbler and BackKLOG appointments are to buy. A K Psi wants each to have a little white book of names and numbers. And the book- store has books to buy. Pick up pencils and spirals and erasers. Pass by sweatshirts and pennants for a copy of a translation by the New English press. Out of one line and into another. This time for Cokes and conversa- tion. Relaxation for a tired and happy winner of the game. Game for the first day of college. Step-a-long in Registration’s long line. Page 27