Missouri Southern State University - Crossroads Yearbook (Joplin, MO)

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Missouri Soutl'iern's tor a Change or-in-Chief Ray Mathis ure Editor Pam McDaniels pts Editor N Anja Simmons, anizations Editor Judy Stockberger iser Mrs. Bobbie Short Editor , Jim Burrell STAFF MEMBERS n Babb, Kathy Bailey, Ed Brown, rey Burtrum, Judy Davis, Carolyn ent, Lana Pugh, Suzanne Summers, l Mudd. the editor You now hold in your hands the newest innovation in yearbooks in the entire United States. lt is not without ditticulty that a group ot students band together, torm an etticient working statt, and pro- duce the type ot book you now possess. And, so it was with the I969 CROSSROADS statt. But through even more than the usual blood, sweat, and tears the statt T' N A letter from Cover Art by Jim Burrell iand our new sponsor, Mrs. Bobbie Shortl have pertormed amazingly well. Each year's statt claims to have produced a bigger and better volume than the year betore. lnevitably some areas are improved only to slight others. We hope that by the time the entire volume ot tour issues is published, the weaknesses will be tew. lt the cliche to err is human is admissible evidence, then we loudly proclaim our member- ship in the human race! The tact that Missouri Southern College is the only institution ot its kind in the nation-- an innovator, is sutticient reason tor its yearbook to tollow suit-to be an innovator, tool lt we succeed in producing an annual ot such merit, in good taste, and one pleasing to you, then our ettorts will not have been in vain. A special word ot thanks to Larry Randol, our company representa- tive, Mac Upshaw, and all the other great people ot the Taylor Publish- ing Company-our printers tor the last several years. Also a vote ot thanks to you, the students ot MSC, tor it is you who write the history we record herein. RSM CONTENTS Cover Story 3 razrmsxzz Fall Feafvfes 4 Ofganizafions 13 Du uesne Roads, Jo li , Missouri 648OI . q P n Football 8 Music 42 e 32. itil, I969

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Crossroads Awards Dr. Leon C. Billingsly TiTle' M S S C.'s First 'Man of The Year' 2 3 Dr. Leon C. Billingsly, PresidenT oT Missouri SouThern STaTe College, selecTed To receive The honor oT Mis- souri SouThern's TirsT Man of The Year. will be remembered ThroughouT The life oT The college as one of iTs greaTesT personaliTies. A man oT greaT en- Thusiasm and purpose, Dr. Billingsly has had The encouragemenT of The enTire area Through The TanTasTic growTh oT The college under his adminisTraTion. Since he assumed The presidency in I964, Missouri SouThern College has grown Trom a iunior college oT Two or Three hundred To iTs presenT Tully ac- crediTed Missouri SouThern STaTe Col- lege sTaTus wiTh an enrollmenT of over 2800. ThroughouT iTs phenomenal growTh, PresidenT Billingsly has emphasized The necessiTy of The college's mainTaining The high degree oT excellence in educa- Tion and rappori' wiTh The sTudenT body which has been characTerisTic oT JJC, JCJC. and MSC Tor ThirTy-Two years. A member oT The Commission on Colleges and UniversiTies oT The NorTh CenTral AssociaTion and ConsulTanT and Examiner Tor The NorTh CenTral As- sociaTion oT Colleges and Secondary Schools, Dr. Billingsly holds member- ship in several proTessional organizaTions as well. These include The Missouri Edu- caTion AssociaTion. American Associa- Tion oT School AdminisTraTors, and Phi DelTa Kappa. ln addiTion he is aTTiliaTed wiTh local organizaTions: RoTary lnTer- naTional, Joplin Chamber oT Com- merce, and The Joplin l-lisTorical SocieTy. Dr. Billingsly holds a Bachelor oT Science degree from SouThwesT Missouri STaTe College, a MasTer oT Science de- gree Trom Kansas STaTe College of PiTTs- burg, and a DocTor of EducaTion degree from The UniversiTy oT Arkansas. PresidenT Billingsly has had an op- porTuniTy afiorded To Tew-To share wiTh Missouri SouThern STaTe College iTs TirsT graduaTes-The Thrill of a dream come True! -RSM 3