Mississippi College - Tribesman Yearbook (Clinton, MS)

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Homecoming belles, Barbara Curtis and Lori Rickard, enjoy the many sights and sounds of Homecoming morning on the Quad. Dr. Lewis Nobles, Homecoming Queen Nancy Myers, and Escort Tom Alex- ander share a smile during the festive half-time crowning ceremony. Mona Henry represented the senior class along with her escort, Jerry Gentry. 16

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Ai , C M V er s. Social Work major from Sheffield, iq? a ? la ’ Was elected Homecoming Queen for Hu 1 erv n 8 as e Maid of Honor was Missy Bu L° n ’ 3n Elementar y Education major from n 1 ®’ Louisiana. Chosen as Senior Class Maid as Mona Henry from Greenville, who is also an ementary Education major. Junior Class Maid for 1979 was Jane Goodwin, an Accounting Major from Marks. Jo Beth Pope of Clinton, whose major is Home Economics, served as Sophomore Class Maid, and Business Major, Rebecca Majors of Gulfport, rounded out the sex- tet as Freshman Class Maid. 15

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Quarterback Steve Smith turns upfield on the op- tion in the successful afternoon game against Liv- ingston University. Dean Rory Lee and David Holloway cross the fin- ish line simultaneously, completing the two mile Homecoming race sponsored by the Track Club. Amid the pageantry of the half-time show. Junior Class Maid, Jane Goodwin, and her escort, Britt McCarty, find a bit of humor. No convention of college life is, at once, as celebrated, frenzied, joyous, or unorganized as is Homecoming. The 1979 version of this annual event was every bit as stereotyped as in years past: freshmen defying up- perclassmen’s attempts to rob them of the traditional “barrel”; the flurry of cafeteria conversation on the utter stupidity of the Baptist injunction against dancing; reluctant males finally bringing their romantically lethargic selves to asking anxious young ladies to the dance (that much frowned upon event which is commonly known by the clandestine and somewhat am- biguous label “get-together”); the myr- iad activities happening throughout It s been great . . . our last Homecoming as Mississippi College students”, Queen Nancy shares with her friend of four years, Jerry Gentry. the day, from Naturals performances to art shows to soccer matches . . .; and finally the Big Game where all sophis- tication is abdicated, where pride swells even in the most passive of hearts, and where everyone present shares a rare and precious commonality. Perhaps it was precisely this unity of spirit that spurred the Choctaws to vic- tory that Saturday. That some pow- erful force was at work is undeniable, as Mississippi College frustrated re- spectable Livingston 30-14. The cheer sums it up: “Their team wasn’t even ready . . But when the evening rolled around, we were ready. And rock steady we did, to the rousing sound of Vegas from Birmingham. The occasion was rom- ping and playful, an absolute delight. Ostensibly, no blatant acts of immoral- ity resulted . . . only tired feet. How- ever, for all those burdened by a load of guilt and shame, Sunday offered an opportunity for repentance. —Charlie Johnson