Mississippi Delta Community College - Retrospect Yearbook (Moorhead, MS)

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Dormitories have seen many changes in the past 50 years (Top) Old girls ' dorm, (bottom) Stennis-Penrod Dormitory (Top) Old boys ' dorm, (bottom) Stonestreet Hail Fifty years ago here at M.D.J.C., tuition was free to all students liv- ing in Sunflower County. Students living outside Sunflower County paid a tuition fee of $25.00. Board, heat, and light fees amounted to $123.00. Some unusual fees that students had to pay back then were a doctor ' s fee of $5.00; li- brary fee of $3.00; medicine fee of $1.00; athletic fee of $5.00; lyceum fee of $4.00; literary fee of $5.00. Today most athletic activities, fine arts programs, and student publica- tions are free. The main exception to this is the $6.00 charge for the Retrospect. In 1939 one month ' s board was only $14.50. A semester ' s board was $58.00. Today we are paying $78.00 every six weeks for meal tickets. A boarding student pays $824.00, and a commuting student pays $206.00 for the entire year, not in- cluding books. Students also bought books back in 1926, but hopefully not at the prices we pay today! In its opening days the school had its own farm and raised its own beef, vegetables and dairy products. Because costs of operating college farms had become prohibitive, the Board ceased farm operation in the mid-sixties. Movin} in the girls

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A Wrap-up of Dress Styles Old Big man on campus in a suit and with a butch cut . . . the gir! in beiow-icnee- iength dresses Skirts grew shorter while the styles grew more casual The casual look came in ... suits dis- appeared on the male while socks dis- appeared on the female . . . men ' s hair- styles grew longer and skirts grew shorter In the 1930 ' s and ' 40 ' s, styles were ver ' different from that of the 1970 ' s. Coeds of the early eras wore long, below-the-knee skirts and sweaters. They loved wearing bobby socks and loafers or saddle oxfords. The styles of the 1930 ' s are ac- tually coming back today. The midi dress is very much in fashion this year. There aren ' t too many short-short dresses such as those worn in the late 1960 ' s and early 1970 ' s. In the 1940 ' s the men wore baggy, straight legged pants and skinny belts. White socks were typical and they usually greased their hair back. Today the guys wear either blue jeans or a nice pair of flare- legged pants. They wear wide belts, buckle shoes or tennis shoes. Male hair lengths range from the bottom of the ear to the middle-of the-shoulder. The Masqueteers in the styles of the time . . . belted, below-the-knee dresses Sport coats became the rage . . . lady ' s suits and gloves were in