Lipscomb University - Backlog Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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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

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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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Frosh mix feet and names climaxing a rigorous round of orientation, as five days of testing psyches and physical fortitude end at the Mixer. “Dixie, “Yankee Doodle” Around Mixer Bonfire “Freshman” may be a dying distinction, but Fresh- man Week still survives. The seven days preceding the upper-class fall invasion is dedicated to making first quarter and transfer students feel a part of Lipscomb. Student leaders guide frosh on hikes from Avalon and Acuff to the baseball diamond, training for fresh- man biologists’ campus treks for tree identification. Counsellor-counsellee sessions orient new students into the mysteries of quality points and degree require- ments in preparation for their end of the week go at initial registration on Saturday morning. Picnic day and Mixer Thursday boosted frosh into campus social life. Coed football in Warner Park and singing around the bonfire stimulated a spirit of cama- raderie among students from all compass points. ““Youse guys” got acquainted with “you alls” as “Dixie” and “Yankee Doodle” wafted through a clear fall night. The joy and excitement of the new make this first week an all-important one; it’s here that first impressions create a loyalty for companions and the college. Orientation’s traditional bon- fire with apple cider and hot doughnuts . . . first quarter students cluster to sing along with Buddy Arnold,