Lipscomb University - Backlog Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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They also enjoy who only sit and watch . . . Some coeds take advantage of this Beautiful Day just to rest and relax away from the usual round of classes. Magic Announcement Raises Pandemonium Always a novel announcement . . . Vice-Presi- dent Collins said the magic words “Beautiful Day” while commending student support of the Collins- Craig meeting. The words are out and chapel be- comes pandemonium. College closes for the annual respite from classes to play and picnic. October’s crisp bright day is perfect weather for a cross-town jaunt to Shelby Park where a chicken-and-ham picnic lunch is spread. Coed foot- ball and softball, paddleboat rides, and exhilarating nature trail hikes fill an afternoon that is over much too soon. Buses fill again with singing mass headed back to campus recreated for the next day’s scholastic demands. Time now to pause and reflect on the day’s activities—a stubbed toe, a newly made friend, a sketch drawn—before returning to the inevitable. An intensified commitment to academic su- periority has eliminated the former spring Beauti- ful Day. The dean has to hide his head only once a year, and annual Beautiful Day means more. Cafeteria lines recreated at Shelby Park and fun in the sun on an October afternoon . .. Lipscomb students observe their traditional fall Day Away. Page 20

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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,

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Initiation . . . Hearts Bound In Belonging Initiation was not over at the end of Freshman week. Upper classmen had their share of mild haz- ing, too. Neophytes in professional or honorary fraternities carried meal trays, shined shoes, and wore beanies. Would-be Phi Beta Lambdas did impromptu imitations to amuse actives and smashed pouf hair- dos with their blue beanies. Initiates for Sigma Tau Delta responded to a literary quiz adminis- tered by knowing philophels. Pledges to Alpha Kappa Psi gave melodious (?) command perform- ances in the Student Center, while speech-minded Pi Kappa Deltas literally lived in academic gowns. Whether the ordeal of initiation lasted a week or a quarter, initiates endured cheerfully the dirty jobs and friendly humiliation of their superiors, all for a sense of belonging. Bison painting and beanie wearing over, there were the solemn formal initia- tions and the reward, membership. Camaraderie was marked by blazers or characteristic activities. An indication of the success of clubs and of college was shown in better participation and organiza- tional spirit. An important part of college life— identification—was successfully accomplished. Taskmaster Janice West rides herd on Ernie Craun, Tina Cargile, and Jane Harper repairing Austin Peay’s impromptu midnight “Homecoming Exhibit.” Page 21