Mississippi College - Tribesman Yearbook (Clinton, MS)

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REGISTRATION Nothing short of mass confusion could describe the freshman ' s first try at the class card” step. Without the direction of some very patient faculty members, this could ' ve been an all-day excursion! An annual favorite is the dreaded I.D. picture . Cries of But yellow just isn ' t my color! ' could be heard, and also screams of agony as freshmen realized they would be tied to this picture for nine months. And, of course, the classic is the freshmen ' s first look at their bill. (No way, does this cost this much! ) This year ' s class handled it pretty well, but there were a few scary moments when some freshmen couldn ' t find scholarship papers. In the end, it all worked itself out. It always does. And every year it gets easier and easier. The only problem is— by the time you ' ve figured out the system, you ' ve graduated! WHAT TO TAKE AND WHEN TO TAKE IT, meet.ng with the odv.sor mokes a little sense out of it all The line formed early in the morning and moved at a snail ' s pace for most of the day. Unfor- tunately, this was not general admission to the latest rock concert. Nope — it was Missis- sippi College registration, and it ' s an experience you are not likely to forget. Meeting with their advisors, freshmen discovered that — no, 1 5 hours doesn ' t mean 1 5 hours a day and yes — chapel is re- quired, and My books weigh more than your books ! LOOK THROUGH THE FILES again— I promise I ' m me, Laura Landrum THE SUM TOTAL OF ALL THE PARTS , Mr. Shearer from the Business Office helps students through the most dreaded part of the registration. KtLKrIOUo tv. I OkltK I ' cmuLinas ‘Hxmr fhw m Pm •LAW DEPOSITS DR. PHIL MCCARTY, WITH HELP FROM JILL PATTERSON, fills up language and reli- gion classes.

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Photo by Robert Woll The name Robinson-Hale Stadium immediately brings to mind great names of the past who have brought honor to Mississippi College ... — Dr. Lewis Nobles President, Mississippi College Coach Stanley L (Robbie) Robinson came to Mississippi College in 1 920 and except for a short stint with Mercer University and some overseas serv ice with the American Red Cross, he spent his entire career (36 years) with the college In developing the Choctaw Athletic tradition, Robinson served as head football coach, head baseball coach, and athletic director. From 1954 he served solely as athletic director until his retirement in 1961 Among his prize football pupils was Edwin (Goat) Hale, the first back in Mississippi History to be named to the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame Hale entered Mississippi College in 1 9 1 5. After playing a prominent part in bringing the State Championship in 1916, he spent two years in the Army and came back to M.C. even better and faster than before Hale captained the Choctaw team in 1920-22. On Homecoming 1977, John King, Jr. presided over a group of over 100 former Choctaw lettermen They voted to establish the National M Club for the purpose of giving supoort to the M.C. athletic program and to head up a fund drive to build a new stadium Lead by officers Herman Wells, John King, Jr., Harry Upton, John Legg and Bernard Blackwell, the club voted to establish a fund drive to build a new Stanley L. Robinson Field and a stadium to be named the Edwin W Goat Hale Stadium. Progress was slow through 1 983, although successful fund drives were held in different areas of the state In 1984, the Hale estates were closed pushing funds near the $500,000 mark A banquet co-sonsored by the M-Club and the National Football Foundation secured over $15,000 tor the fund Over 700 individual gifts have been received At Homecoming 1984, the Notional M Club recommended to the trustees that the off .cal stadium name be Stanley L. Robinson-Edwin W. “Goat Hale Stadium and in December 1 984, Dr. Lewis Nobles was given authority to begin construction. Under the leadership of Malcolm Waren, an architect was employed and work began in March 1 985. Dedication of the stadium took place on Saturday, October 26, 1985 preparatory to the Mississippi College Livingston University game