Mississippi College - Tribesman Yearbook (Clinton, MS)

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Mike Murray conducts a meeting of tne Newman Club, a newly formed organization of Catholic students on campus. The BSU at MC is an active organization offering students opportunities for service and spiritual growth. Dr. Bradley Pope, Director of Campus Religion Activities, addresses the first BSU Mon- day meeting of tne new semester. Spiritual Enrichment Week is a traditional reli- gious activity at MC, featuring speakers from all over the country. Seminar were held on such top- ics as How’s Your Insight,” Tears of a Clown” and Hiding Place.” II I UvIAn ' ; ' 4Mr V owe DOU AND (ML QW : . v AN ' Paul -Banks fin X cJottN GifiSON a

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Mississippi Colleg library Nenamooshans decorate with red their entry in the contest. Another student discovers what snow in the back feels like.

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One does not think for very long about Mississippi College without con- sidering its religious character. To some our Baptist institution of higher learning” stands as a bulwark of towering faith and commitment. To others its religious witness is little more than a sterile embalment of cul- tural religiousity and hypocritical piety. Still others disregard the col- lege’s attempt to legislate religious behavior and moral scruples, but rather involve themselves in the ex- tra-institutional” community of faith that exists at Mississippi College. I attend MC because it is a Chris- tian college,” explains one young coed. Many students here praise the institution for its religious embellish- ments such as mandatory chapel. They say that these activities set us apart” and make us different” from the state institutions. I do not want MC to become like all the other schools,” is a comment that is heard often. Mississippi College is the home of the pharisess . . .” chuckles a Ratliff Dorm resident. This statement seems to represent another segment of the student body. These people ridicule the notion of any serious commitment to religious ideals at Mississippi Col- lege. They scoff at what they see as superficial and self-righteous attempt to build Christian character.” They Ann and Don Dent, graduates of Mississippi College, speak of their work in summer mis- sions at an early second semester chapel program. insist that most of the faith” that ex- ists here has been institutionalized and stripped of any profound substance. There is still another group of people at Mississippi College who take their Christian commitment very seri- ously at the same time believing that MC is neither a Christian nor a Pha- risaical institution. These people say that no institution can be Christian because of the very nature of insti- tutes. They largely couldn’t care less about the religious trappings such as the stringent rules and chapel. On the other hand, they also disagree that the college is filled with hypocrisy and self-righteousness. For these people the only true reli- gion that exits at Mississippi College rests where true religion can only ex- ist anywhere- in the spiritual con- sciousness and lifestyle of the individ- ual. Perhaps Mississippi College can be accurately characterized as Christian. Perhaps it is filled with pharisaical hypocrisy. But maybe, just maybe, there exist some folks at Mississippi College who are in touch with true re- ligion and have discovered what it is to let God be God. — Charlie Johnson