Millsaps College - Bobashela Yearbook (Jackson, MS)

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Lif The most fundamental of the intrinsic qualities of this beam is the life which actually is Millsaps. The academic life, the social life, and the extracurricu- lar life are only small beams which separately are momen- tary glistenings but which to- gether shine to form the Light of Life. Student Life Estelle Noel, editor

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The Light of

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With the help of her family freshman Virginia Ann Jones energetically starts off her college career ot Millsaps. Little does she know she is on second floor of Founders Hall in a room with no walls and, needless to say, no heat. It will be no wonder if she does not have that smile a year from now. Freshmen, Upperclassmen Adapt To Dormitories, College Activities The first few days in a new place are always the most thrilling, challenging, and bewildering. Freshmen at Millsaps realized at once that they were entering one of the most terrific phases of their lives. Cars were unloaded, goodbyes were said, and the dorms filled with expectant students. That first week seemed one weary and endless line, a series of insurmount- able tasks to complete, meetings to attend, and people to meet and not to forget. However, the anticipation of a new year and the promise of a new school permeated the air. Conferences with faculty advisers and the Orientation program were completely new but tiring experiences. Soon registration was completed, and social life surged ahead. The freshmen were no longer newcomers to Millsaps, but were instead the Class of ' 68. After having been thoroughly welcomed, the new students were taken under the wings of the Orientation Committee to be familiarized with the Millsaps Campus. Tours, placement tests, and interviews with faculty advisers were the first activities to be taken into consideration. Orientation chairmen, Ruth Pickett and Paul Wilcox, greeted the Freshman Class. The freshmen then found their respective Orientation leaders and donned their name tags, which became a veritable part of their wardrobes. At the Get Acquainted Dance old friendships were revived, and new ones were acquired. A tentative air of happiness with only a trace of foreboding for the study to come covered the campus. For probably the first time in their lives these two freshmen are learning the art of moving into a place of their own — a room which soon will become an intermingling of their own respective personalities. The only problem confronting them will be that of taking care of this strange new abode in Ezelle Hall. 30 M Club members derive a certain unexplained pleasure in giving this newcomer his per- sonalized freshman haircut — they do it free of charge too. Suzanne Riley donated some of her loafing time this summer to come spruce up her room. Not only did she paint the furniture, but also the walls.