Lipscomb University - Backlog Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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Summertime and the living is easy. Cen- tennial Park revisited by Corinne Collins and Rod Raby on a sundrenched afternoon. The Dean’s breakfast of chicken ’n biscuits is just as yummy in August as June. Service is Southern style—by Dr. Artist. “Pomp and Circumstance’ marches these grads-to-be down Sheepskin Row. Page 17

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August drama “Charlie’s Aunt” was footlight finale for seniors Larry Nicks and Bob Burgess, here with James Hayes, Joyce Carvell and Nina Ruch. Melon-Mess, Summer Nights ... A New Tradition Melon Mess is the sloppy but succulent new custom of fourth quarter draw- ing endorsement from Syrena Birdwell, Vera Dixon and JoAnn Hulfish. Page 16 No longer summer school, classes from June to August are just the fourth quarter. Suntans, water- melon messes and comfortable air-conditioned class- rooms are characteristic of college in the summer, but now the usual activities thrive there, too. Clubs functioned another three months, there were elec- tions, Babblers, Artist Series programs, and drama’s “Charlie’s Aunt.” Sun dresses and sandals, golf shirts and sneakers replaced madras and Weejuns in hot July. Soft summer nights, clean scented from a late afternoon rain, set the scene for the all but traditional sum- mer romances. Many loves faded with the suntans and the fall return of last year’s steady; a few per- sisted to become the beginning of something to outlast summer’s infatuation. In June collegiate tyros dofted high school mortar boards and picked up Civilizations, Past and Present and English Grammar and Composition. In August non-stop seniors doffed graduation gowns and dressed for business or graduate school classes. Matriculation in June gave ambitious students a running start on a Bachelor’s degree and campus girl watchers an op- portunity for an early look at Freshman date bait. Graduation in August meant no time wasted for eager teachers, businessmen, and graduate students. Summer quarter ... a change easily accommodated to, socially and academically.

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IBM Machine Eats Cards, Eases Quarterly ‘Trauma Partitioning the twelve quarters of undergrad- uate studies is the quarterly trauma called registra- tion day. The IBM computer eats notched cards now saving some on writers’ cramp, but as yet there is no machine that can sneak past Jonesy 30 seconds late registrants with the wrong initials. Armed with Dean’s Card and IBM identifica- tion, students catwalk around the balcony at Mc- Quiddy collecting blue and yellow rectangles to admit them to next quarter’s classes. One trip is rarely enough. Trips back downstairs are necessary for poring over the class schedule to substitute for closed P.E. classes and Bible. Final quarter seniors wear particularly grim expressions as they schedule those last hours and cram in a forgotten gradua- tion requirement. The registrar remains adamant on schedule change and impervious to the intricate stories of the students. A score or more of cards filled out, students file past registration’s “Check-point Charlie.” Paper work in order, all that remains is directing that quarterly statement home to Dad—amazing how quickly the financial step is dispatched. Last stop is pick-up of a student card, number identification for the quarter’s sport and cultural events. With a long sigh of relief and a handful of those blue cards, registration is done—for another three months! Long lines and tired feet—but the quarterly trauma called registration is ended for these happy students—for ‘another three months, that is. Page 18