Middle Tennessee State University - Midlander Yearbook (Murfreesboro, TN)

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The Free University concept, not unheard of but foreign to the MTSU campus, was initiated in November. The program of costless education and voluntary class attendance was responded to favorably, to a degree, and the bulletin board that sprang up in the University Center that announced the class times seemed to lend an air of permanence to the whole affair. Darrel Knox and Danny Crass, the Evolution of Folk, Rock, and Country Music instructors, felt their way along in the beginning and began learning with the students. Fun Nights are a hallowed tradition at the university, and this year was no exception. Blue-Eyed Soul, Clifford Curry, U.S. Apple Corps, Jerry and the Uniques, the Regency, and several other groups famous locally, and sometimes nation-wide, graced the Tennessee Room this past year.

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. . . and With Shouting in The Forum Place . . . Then came the freshman elections, and many people on campus were hard pressed to find one campaign rule in the Student Handbook that wasn ' t broken or slightly fractured by the eager, zealous first-semester politicos hoping to draw their power from the mindless masses. One candidate ' s thirst for power led him to promise anything from helicopter shuttle service from dormitories to classes to motorcycle races in the University Center. Another at the other extreme, believed that the heady strength of his name alone could elect him to office, and thereby limited his campaign efforts to that deathless name until everybody wondered just who what ' s his name might be. (Neither of these were elected, and, who knows, this may have been fortunate for the world). For a long time in late ■ . » SAt November, bedclothes and pasteboard were the usual foliage of the season, as banners, posters, signs, cards, and handouts urged us to vote Lannom, Barry, Hall, White, Duszynski, Fisher, Crow, Carrol, Cardiff , Smith. Hixson, and company. The steady succession of names must have wearied several upperclassmen and probably quite a few freshmen, but such is the progress of a collegiate democracy across our middle lands at the edge of Murfreesboro. . . The ever present Greeks, dividing their time bet veen hounding their pledges and doing good turns for the university and the community, were omni-present in 1970. So many sweatshirts resplendent in maroon and gold, blue and white, green and gold, green and white, blue and gold, et j — bedecked with handsome distinguished Greek letters: Pi Kappa Alpha, Delta Zeta, Sigma Chi, Alpha Tau Omega, Alpha Gamma Delta, Sigma Nu— continued to make their presence felt on campus through the performance of good works far too numerous to be mentioned here. I guess we take the Greeks for granted, nowadays. And while we ' re at it, let ' s not forget the departmental clubs, the honoraries, and the special interest clubs. Designed to make participation possible for people who have special interests in accounting, music, military education, student government, education, academics, community service, and so on, these also kept active during 1970 in the doing of good turns for the community and campus. The Socratics drove for books; the Track and Sabre Club drove for blood. The Sacred Harp Singers gave their concert tour; the Vets Club gave a talent show. The Block and Bridle Club sponsored the Little International Rodeo; Delta Zeta held a boutique; Alpha Tau Omega went national in the space of two months. CUBE gave a Christmas party; the Pershing Rifles went to Mardi Gras— the list of clubs and functions is endless. But it all happened, and it all contributed to a fuller vear at MTSU.

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. . . and Socializing and Classes . . .