Lipscomb University - Backlog Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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Michael Cunningham Athens, Tn. Stephen Daniel ¢ McLean, Va. Michael Alan Davis ¢ Beech Grove, In. Kathy Dawson @ Oliver Springs, Tn. Laura Lee Deal ¢ Nashville, Tn. Paul Demonbreun ¢ Nashville, Tn. Melinda Dennis Springfield, Va. Lesa DeVore @ Nashville, Tn. Joe Dill ¢ Smyrna, Tn. Kathy Anne Dillard ¢ Birmingham, Al. David Dockins ¢ Russellville, Ky. Robin Dorman e Clarksville, Tn. Mike Dorris © Nashville, Tn. Emily Mills Dowland e Milan, Tn. Allen Dunn ¢ Montgomery, Al. Glenn Eddins ¢ Saint Petersburg, FI. Terry Newman Elrod ¢ Nashville, Tn. Kathy Estep @ Charleston, W.V. Kathleen Denice Everhart ¢ Mount Airy, Md. Ronnie Wade Farris ¢ Cleveland, N.C. Anita Faske Port Saint Lucie, Fl. Jan Fleming ¢ Benton, Ky. Logan Gerald Fulks, Jr. Pickerington, Oh. James David Gamble ¢ Nashville, Tn. Phillip Gibson © Huntsville, Al. Lesa Glenn ¢ McMinnville, Tn. Jon Gober @ Rockmont, Ga. Tony Goodman @ Hickory, Ky. Jesse D. Gore ¢ Nashville, Tn. Ken Graham e Columbia, Tn. Karla Grandon @ Casper, Wy. Marsha Grant ¢ Baton Rouge, La. - Joe Grant ¢ Nashville, Tn. Curt Greer (LEFT) leads the Freshman class as its president with the aide of Secretary-Treasurer Martha Dixon and Vice- President Dave Pence. 22 Freshmen

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Ronda Clark © Murray, Ky. Deborah Jane Coggin® Brent- wood, Tn. Mark Collins © Talladega, Al. Judy H. Connell © Columbia, Tn. Linda Susanne Correll © Donelson, Tn. Elaine Faye Cotham @ Madison, Tn. Beverly Cothern ® Arrington, Tn. Doug Cowden ® Madison, Tn. C. Marlin Cox © Nashville, Tn. Laurie Cox © Smyrna, Ga. Pamela Crowell © Town Creek, Al. Jan Crowder ® Flint, Mi. Joy Crain ® Memphis, Tn. Becky Culp © Brentwood, Tn. Barbara Elaine Cummings @ Franklin, Ky. Cheryl Curd © Shady Valley, Tn. The freshman glances at his schedule card as inconspicuous- ly as possible. Room 324— that must be in Burton, he con- cludes. He climbs the stairs, checking the schedule card with the registrar’s schedule he picked up at registration to make sure he copied the room and time correctly. He squints through the little hole in the door to see if the room has any identifying characteristics. No ... wait! Someone has the book on his desk. Full of confidence, the freshman pulls open the door and walks in, looking for any face he might recognize from the dorm. Failing that, he sits down, near enough to others in the class not to appear anti-social, but not so near that proximity could establish a relationship. He speaks to no one. It’s much too early in the quarter for that. But he sees everyone, and everyone sees him. Therefore, he begins the process of looking unobtrusive: He opens a chemistry book and begins reading in the middle of the second chapter. He knows this fools no one: It’s eight o’clock; he obviously hasn’t been to chemistry yet; he couldn’t have an assign- ment. But chemistry is an impressive subject, and everyone else is using the same ploy anyway — or one very much like it. One is rubbing a little too frantically at a smudge on his cuff; another is intently reading the markings on her desk; a third is rattling through her purse in search of a pencil. Each person lets time and silence speak for him, es- tablishing identity while maintaining defenses. The teacher arrives. He has stalled his entrance until after time for class to begin so that he, too, can avoid interaction. It is, after all, much too early in the quarter for that. Freshmen 21

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Of all the creatures that trod, crawl, or slither across our earth, modern science knows perhaps least about juvenis ineptus, or the freshman. This most peculiar beast, accustomed to a comfortable habi- tat with doting mother (exemplar umbilicus) and avuncular football coach (taurus ignorus) is suddenly thrust into a brave new world called college, a place where boys become men and girls become wives. What is the lonely freshman to do in such a hostile environ- ment? He wants to be a social animal, yet he is ill at ease in this foreign land. He craves acceptance, yet to the older members of the herd he is just another newcomer. Retain- ing the fur of his homeland with the brand of his hometown herd emblazoned across his back, he seeks to astound his peers with the elegance of his coat. Alas, this seldom works. When the herd decides to choose a leader, the freshman beast eagerly participates in the process, looking forward to the day when he can be the strongest of them all. But he is still rejected. His mane is always too long or too short. He is proud and boastful, always striving to prove his superior speed. He frolics about the edge of the herd, gaining only the studied inattention of his elders. And he is lonely. So he decides to find a mate (cutus frolicus) . But, sadly, the females of the herd pay him but scant atten- tion. He struts brashly before them, bellowing loudly and chewing his cud. Yet he receives no response. The females remain demurely at the side of the elders. At this the fresh- . man is astounded. Before, in his homeland, where he was the leader of the herd, the females had adored him and al- ways complimented him on the smoothness of his fur. But alas! Here he is ignored. He takes leave of the world of reality and embraces the memory of those golden days at home. Toremind him of those times, he wears a small golden ring on his hoof. But fear not, poor beast. These are but your salad days. Your time will come. You, too, will grow horns and attain maturi- ty. You will become the leader of the herd one day. And on that day, when the beasts gather at dusk on the silver plain to grub and scratch and bellow, you will bellow the loudest of all. Leo Curtis Greer, Jr. e Hendersonville, Tn. Robert Allen Hall ¢ Nashville, Tn. Arah Hallmark @ El Paso, Tx. Linda Harner @ Apo New York, N.Y. Carl David Harper ¢ Brentwood, Tn. Hariett Head © Nashville, Tn. Cynthia Helton ¢ Nashville, Tn. Rhonda Helms e Charlotte, N.C. Kim Henson e Nashville, Tn. Phillip Hicks © Troy, Il. Regina Higden © Bloomington, In. Cheryl Hill ¢ Madison, Tn. James Hillin ¢ Brentwood, Tn. Georgene Hinson © Hermitage, Tn. Cynthia Hogan e Louisville, Ky. Freshmen 23