Lipscomb University - Backlog Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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‘a Singular and collective, pensive and playful, the face of Lipscomb re- mains an intricate design of the con- cert effort toward Christian ele- ments which compose the school’s countenance, a unity of purpose is evidenced in both academic and so- cial features. The face of Lipscomb extends from its traditional architecture to the individual responsibilities of its staff and administration. The es- sence beneath the cultivated perso- na, however, finds its greatest ex- pression in its reason for being; the student. As a memory book, the BACKLOG has elected to perform its service by concentrating on faces, expressions and aspects of the college exper- ience. As a means of keeping vibrant a very special time in life, the year- book has further sharpened its focus upon the face of the student. And under each scrutiny a pattern of be- ing has emerged. Observable is a transformation of the student’s face from solemn angularity to cheerful roundness, determined harshness to vulnerable softness. Nice GU : valine, BALLGAMES te Pi gihowt.y oP ages doh. ey 6 OPENING

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after fires destroyed two residence halls in 1929 and 1930. Without the help of A.F. Harlin, Truman Ward, E.A. Bergstrom, Gordon H. Turner, L.B. Corler, O.J. Davis, Hugh Dozier, William E. Fentress, I.C. Finley, S.H. Hall, E.K. Hardison, J.C. Lauderdale, Bryan Jordan, Carl Russell, Howard Youree, Sam Davis-Tatum, I.H. Gib- son, and W.E. Stephens along with Helena Johnson and J.E. Acuff, Lipscomb would not have survived the depression to dream about ex- tensive expansion. Like Burton, Helena Johnson was succesful in business and gave much to the school. Not only did she give large amounts of money for the construction of Sewell Hall, but she also supplied funds for a new women’s residence which was to be a part of the Lipscomb Expan- sion Program. She lived in an apart- ment in Johnson Hall until her death in 1959, and was affectionally known as ''Grandma”’ Johnson. Fanning Hall, which was built in 1960, was named for Tolbert and Charlotte Fall Fanning. The Fan- nings took part in the Restoration Movement from the beginning. They established several schools for girls around the Nashville area, one of which was located where the Me- tropolitan Airport is today. The oldest building on campus, Harding Hall, was named for James A. Harding, who was best known as a debater and preacher. Harding worked with the Nashville Bible School during its early days while continuing evangelistic preaching which carried him as far as Canada. He held meetings in Nashville which lasted for eight weeks. Har- ding Hall is now used by the Ele- mentary and High Schools. Lipscomb has changed greatly from the early years. As women are now allowed to wear blue jeans to class and stay out until 11:00 cur- few, a high contrast can be seen from the strictly supervised activi- ties of their grandmothers. Years ago, dating was restricted to Satur- day evenings when girls were es- corted to the auditorium by their matrons and boys were permitted to talk to them there — from the next row. Others events which the pupils could look forward to were the annual ‘Beautiful Day’’ at Rad- nor Hills and Sunday afternoon pic- nics with chaperones, of course. Students still had their ‘fun’ as they often came up with ingenious pranks that will always be written in Lipscomb history. The most notable of all occurred the day in which oil of winter green was put in the chairs soon to be occupied by the men of the faculty during chapel. When at last the devotional had ended, Presi- dent Boles dismissed the young la- dies and in typical fashion an- nounced: ‘Young men! There will be a packing of trunks!”’ Social clubs were also surprising- ly in existence in the early days. Al- though the activities of the first clubs were not quite the same as those of today, men and women’s clubs enjoyed intramural competi- tion and forensics. (1). An early class of young Lipscomb girls pose on the steps of the old Avalon Hall. (2). Athens Clay Pullias surveys the construction of the Science Building in 1966. (3). Charles Brewer, as Romeo, woos an unidentified ac- tress to accept his proposal of marriage in a drama production of ‘Romero and Juliet’. (4). Although they were not allowed to date without chaperones, young men and women did manage to mix without supervision in labs as the one pictured.

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