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

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Jean Abrams, Moorhead, Faculty; Joe Robert Abrams, Moorhead, Faculty. Betty Aden, Greenwood, Faculty; Jimmy Bellipanni, Indianola, Faculty. i Yvonne Bennett, Indianola, Faculty; Mary Frances Caldwell, Indianola, Faculty. Dawn Blackmon, Greenwood, General Ed.; Narrie Jean Blakely, Sunflower, Social Work; Tarsie Blakely, Sunflower, H.P.R.; Donna Blaylock, Leland, General Business. Theresa Lynn Blessitt, Indianola, Pre- Pharmacy; Newman Bolls III, Greenville, Agronomy; John Boss, Sunflower, Science; Anthony Scott Bowles, Greenwood, Liberal Arts. Margie R. Boyd, Midnight, Pre- Nursing; Terry Boykin, Hollandale, Business Education; William Monroe Boykin, Greenville, Criminal Justice; Jeffery Brassfield, Greenville, Pre- Forestry. OCT. 10-LINDA STIGLER ARRIVED ON LATE BUS 15. PARALLEL UNIVERSITY The vocational facet of Education here on campus is unique. Voca- tional students pay the same fees as other students— a tabulation of fees, board, and room rent. But unlike the academic section, these students stay in one class from 8:25 in the morning until 3:40 each afternoon ex- cept on Fridays, when they cut at 2:45. There are fourteen different Vocational programs. They are as follows: (1) Automotive Mechanics, (2) Basic Skills in Busmess, (3) Combination Welding, (4) Cottin Gin Management, (5) Diesel Mechanics, (6) Farm Machinery Mechanics, (7) Industnal Electricity, (8) Machine Shop, (9) Major Electncal Appliance Repair, (10) Offset Printmg, (11) Radio and Television, (12) Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, (13) Sheet Metal, and (14) Practical Nursing. Each of these programs is designed with one main purpose in mind-to train the students to get and keep jobs. More people seem to be leaning towards vocational careers. Here on campus tne vocational students have their own complex, and, in the sum- mer of 1977, a new wing was added to accommodate the rapidly growing numbers. The VcKational Center is a very interesting place. Most any day you can go by the Vocational building and see many activities going on from rebuilding an engine to plowing a field. The difference in most of the academic courses and the vocational is that in the academic area each day you go to different classes that are supposed to teach you the major ideas oY contemporary civilization, to make you a well-rounded person; whereas in the Vocational Center, the students actually do the work for which they are being trained, from job pnnting to operation of a wtton gin. Job placement is another interesting feature of the Vocational Center. Each year an attempt is made to place each student on a job. And they have been very successful. For example, Mr. Al Loveless, sheet metal in- structor, said that in the many years that he has been a teacher here he hasn ' t had a student to graduate from his class with good grades that hasn ' t been olTered a job. And even the students whose grades aren ' t that high are often made into useful individuals who are placed on a job. For instance, if a student ' s grades aren ' t at the level to get a managerial posi- tion, he is not cast aside as useless. He is trained for a helper ' s job. A typical day in the Vocational Center might go something like this: At 8.25 a.m. students report to cla.ss and work continuously until about 10:30 when they are given a one-hour break. They are given approximately one hour for lunch from 11:30 to 12:30. Then it ' s back to work until about 3:10 when it is time for cleaning up and putting everything back into place. All the other time is spent working hard with the realization that what they do here will determine what they will be doing the rest of their lives, and that how well they learn will determine how they will live for the rest of their lives.

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Vickie Doris Ashley, Minter City. Social Work; Carl E. Bailey, Greenville, Engineering. Macky Bailey, Greenville, Business; Susan Marie Bailey, Greenwood, Physical Education. Derwin Bovd Baker, Indianola, Criminal Justice; Thomas Balentine, Greenville, Physical Educat ' on. ANOTHER DAY IN WESTERN CIV! Dennis Barlow, Itta Bena, General Education; Lester Barnes, Jr., Isola, Pre- Engineering; Marguerite Barry, Greenwood, Pre-Nursing; William C. Batson, Greenville, General Education; Timothy E. Bayles, Greenville, Liberal Arts. Eddie Beasley, Hollandale, Health and Physical Education; Lvdia Beasley, Clarksdale, Music; Kenneth Barry Bennett, Sunflower, Business; Lisa Bernardi, Greenville, General Business; Charles E. Bibb, Inverness, Chem. Eng. Howard Herbert Bigbee, Indianola, General Education; Steven Earl Bingham, Greenville. Liberal Arts; Cobv Bisplinghoff, Greenwood, Drama- Music; Jennie Blackledge, Anguilla, Social Work; Burnett Blackmon. Jr., Greenwood, General Education. 27

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Shirley Bray, Leland, Social Work; Melinda Bridgers, Belzoni, Pre- Forestry. Sammie Fay Brister, Leland, Pre-Nursing; Trudy Broadway, Belzoni, General Education. Dennis K. Brown, Inverness, Art Ed.; Ethel Jean Brown, Greenwood, Pre-Nursing. LISA CHANDLER ENGROSSES HERSELF IN DRAFTING AND DESIGN. Martha Cooks Brown, Greenville, Pre- Nursing; Rebecca A. Brown, Greenville, Ele. Ed.; David Browning, Greenwood, Music Ed.; William T. Browning, Greenwood, Gen. Business-Accounting; Patricia Ann Bryant, Hollandale, Pre-Phy. Therapy. Douglas Keith Buchanan, Indianola, Psychology; Arthur Buck, Indianola, Criminal Justice; Daniel B. Buckley, Rolling Fork, General Business; Clark Buckley, Greenwood, General Ed.; Jeannie Kay Buford, Greenville, General Ed. Emma Bullock, Belzoni, Gen. Ed.; James R. Bunting, Jr., Belzoni, Accounting; Marlene Bowen Burchfield, Shaw, Ele. Ed.; Susan Burchfield, Greenville, Home Ec; Larry Burrell, Greenwood, Music.