Lipscomb University - Backlog Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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CARES ARE forgotten as senior coeds build a pyramid which proved much less stable than its Egyptian counterpart, though the construction differs. Beautiful Day Offers Academic Relaxation Finally arriving after days of anxious expecta- tion, Beautiful Day came with the first chapel an- nouncement made by Mr. Traughber, food direc- tor, in fifteen years. Needless to say, it was the most welcomed and the least complained of in many weeks of typical suspense. Local beautiful day predictions and beautiful weather forecasts were fulfilled as chapel enthusias- tically disbanned and the majority of us ventured to Shelby Park for a day of sun ’n’ fun. Others util- ized the free time more practically by catching up on much needed study while many attended the Republican rally for vice-presidential candidate Miller in Nashville’s Memorial Square. At Shelby Park, a variety of activities ensued from amateur gymnastics to semi-private walks along tree-shaded paths. Large groups played vol- leyball or football while others preferred to bask leisurely in the shade. All were famished at lunch- time and eagerly lined up for a picnic. The afternoon sped by all too fast. At three o'clock weary students reluctantly boarded buses to return to forgotten academics. EARTHWORM’S VIEW of college fun provides a novel view of football as teams reach unusual sizes and girls enter the game, making it more popular. 20

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Warmth Enhances Chilly Academics The winds of change at Lipscomb have grad- ually blown away the traditionally revered belief that summer time is for working or loafing for col- lege students. In June of 1962, the course offer- ings and social advantages were expanded at DLC with the hope of establishing a genuine four-quart- er educational facility. From that summer the program has matured to a goal-fulfilling reality with even brighter horizons visible. The increased academic emphasis placed on the year-round operation of the school has failed to curb the ever-present hot-weather extracurricular schedule, however. There were the melon messes; the light comedy “George Washington Slept Here’; the campus-wide luau (victim of a rain-storm and a shortage of spare ribs) ; softball games; tennis; or just lolling around in the shade of a tree to give a reprieve from the less savory offerings of a labora- tory or library. But still the proper balance be- tween the two is the goal of the summer quarter student as well as the fall, winter, or spring quarter scholar, for at Lipscomb education has no season. DRIPS WERE accepted, or tolerated, as coeds bit into the juicy redness of ripened watermelons. WATERMELONS SEEM endless as they are piled on tables before eager students at Lipscomb’s most popular summer event, the Melon Mess.

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WOULD-BE ARTISTS and taskmasters extraordinary work out problems in plaster and mass confusion while trying to pledge the art fraternity. Pledges Again Fall Prey To Active Taskmasters Supposedly slavery went out in the days of the Civil War, but on all college campuses students revert to almost Medieval serfdom obedience as taskmasters place barriers to their climb from their “lowly” position in the non-fraternity society of collegiate activity to a higher caste. Several times a year the clubs and fraternities select those which they want to be in their organi- zation. At the first meeting of the pledge-to-be and his superiors, purposes are explained, standards are drug out and dusted off for the pledge to meas- ure up to. Beanies are distributed; feathered hats are received; little sisters find out that the benevo- lent older sister has a list of duties for her. Words are often inadequate for the drudgery of work assigned. Shoes appear magically for pol- ishing, not in pairs, but in groups of ten as friends turn enemies. Filth laiden rooms, not cleaned for a quarter, are thrown open to the eyes of mop carry- ing, beanie capped pledges and through the labor of a Saturday morning it becomes nearly habitable and the reward is a signature of an active. Weeks drag on until the day comes when pledges are no longer pledges but sisters and broth- ers, each only waiting for the time when he or she becomes the taskmaster for another pledge. ROBERT WILLIAMS, shoe-shining expert of the Civitan pledges, shined what seemed to be multitudes of shoes during the task week under Rod Smith. rat