Lipscomb University - Backlog Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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PART OF the “no man’s land” surrounding Avalon Home was devoted to tennis courts for the young ladies. Al- though the quality of tennis possibly is doubtful, in view of the uniforms required, the courts provided a pleasant diversion for the girls. Hail The Societies! For a host of Lipscomb students, memories of the alma mater recall at once the excitement of the literary societies. Although to a generation accus- tomed to being constantly on the move and conse- quently little interested in campus clubs and activi- ties, the societies appear patently dull, they consti- tuted the heart and core of student life in the earlier era of the school’s existence. Each of the two men’s societies, the Lipscomb and Calliopean, had its own meeting hall where regular and serious assemblies were held. Avid com- petition in debate and other forensics activities kept both groups constantly striving to excel. Ath- letic contests were held not only between the men’s societies but also between the Kappa Nu and Sap- phonean societies provided for the girls. Although the rivalry between the girls’ societies was perhaps not as intense, or at least not as obvious, each mem- ber developed a fierce loyalty to her own group and maintained it through thick and thin. Long after the societies had given way to more modern campus activities, the two rooms in Hard- ing Hall used by the men’s groups continued to be known as Lipscomb Hall and Callio Hall. Although the interest of students in the campus clubs of the present is not to be compared with that of the ear- lier times, the ghosts of the old societies must smile knowingly each year when the inter-club forensics tournament does excite some of the old-time spirit. ALTHOUGH GIRLS’ basketball was played only on an informal basis, since the one girls’ society in 1910 rendered competition impossible, some of those who did participate in the game posed for this picture in the ARK. 27

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THIS PHYSICAL laboratory was the marvel of students shortly after the turn of the century. All physical science classes were conducted here. THE YOUNG ladies from each of the Nashville schools were identified by the color of their uniforms until the time of the first World War. The Bible School girls appear in their traditional blue in the picture above. LINDSAY HALL, erected in 1903 to house young men, was named in honor of Edwin L. Lindsay, a Texan who was the most generous contributor to- ward its building. It contained sixty rooms in addition to a dining hall and kitchen. This building was destroyed by fire on December 24, 1929.

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H. LEO BOLES served as president during the years 1913-1920 and 1923-1932. A graduate of Burritt College, Boles earned a mas- ter’s degree at George Peabody College, an unusual achievement for the time. shown was the supervision of the settling of lover’s quarrels. DR. J. S. WARD served the Nashville Bible School for more than twenty-five years. In addi- tion to teaching science, he served as interim president on two occasions. A. G. FREED, former president of Freed- Hardeman College, accepted the vice-presidency of Lipscomb in 1923, later serving as principal of the high school until his death in 1931. E. A. ELAM served as a member of the Board of Trustees, president, and Bible teacher from 1903 until his death in 1929. E. H. IJAMS, the only living ex-president of the imstitution, was first dean in 1932 when Batsell Baxter became president. From 1934 until 1943 he served as president during the crucial depres- sion years. One of the presidential duties performed in the office H. S. LIPSCOMB, nephew of “Uncle David,” became the first dean of the college in 1920, an shortly succeeded to the presidency. A graduate of Vanderbilt, he had done additional graduat work at Harvard and Cornell. BATSELL BAXTER was called from Abilene Christian College to the presidency in 1932. Re- signing after two years to become founding president of George Pepperdine College, he re- turned to office for 1944-46. : ay