Mount Olive College - Olive Leaves Yearbook (Mount Olive, NC)

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and Heals. Arranging a COIlYf3l'llf'!li class sc-hetlule is a tliffieult task even for tht- experiem-eel sophomores! Quito often iiiixivoitlxihlc contvlicts prvvt-lit a stuclvnt from lllkllljl all the spot-ifie uoursn-s he wishes to take. St-en here are some uf our soplioinnres trying to work out a suitable st-lit-tlule: z'Iot'k1ri.sC nt the front fzllzlf, Neel Overmnn, joy Sasser, Phyllis XVonten, XVancla johnson, Lois Atkinson, Belinda Hardy, and Louvenia Bunn, Miss Davis serves hot dogs to a group of starved students. Hughes Little, far right, must he hungry: he has a whole newspaper to wrap the food inl Harriette Lancaster seems to think that all the hot clogs will he gone he- fure she gets to the front of the line, and judging from the expression on Miss Davis' face, Harriette might he right. , .r......- ,-s XVhen the sophomores arrive, the entire student hotly along with the College achninistration. iourneys to the Cliffs of the Neuse State Park for a picnic supper ancl Q1 time of 'igctting at-qiiaiiiitmlf' Spirits are high as vat-h student makes new and lasting friendships. The Social Committee works with tht- wifi-tnriai staff to plan this outing. The look on Linda Pringle-'s face seems to express the onioyinvnt of all. 13 , f-1'

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ts. Our men students are placed in carefully selected Mount Olive homes. They usually find that, for fomiing wholesome and last- ing friendships, the close associa- tion they have with a small group of fellows is ideal. Here Louis Lee gets acquainted with his house-mate Duland Price as they move into the Loftin House. Among the activities of orienta- tion week is a series of student placement tests given in foreign language, mathematics, and Eng- lish, Here, Dr. O'D0nnell, head of the English Department, su- pervises freshmen as they struggle through this series of tests. During Orienfafien Week students and faculty QB f- become aequainfed Qrvs i amid frials . Hat-li student has a faculty advisor who helps the student choose his academic work. Mrs, Miltlrccl Count-ill meets with a group of hor :ulvisees in the library. They arc, fIoCkrLvisc', Io Ann Kelly, ,lean Pittman, Ivan Rice, Mac Troublefield, Di- ane Smith, Lois Brinson, Shirley Carris, Lindam Cox, Mrs, Councill, and Ruth Howell.

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v Officially opening the school year, 1961-GZ, Congressman David N. Henderson of the Fourth Congressional District brought the main address at the Fall Convocation. Here he is assisted with his gown hy Dr. Roy C. O'Douut-ll, Dr. YV, Burkette Harper, and Mrs. Josephine H. Ricks, prior to the ceremony. Mr. Henderson, in his address, expressed confidence in the administration, faculty, and students of the College and urged the students to set goals for themselves early in life and work hard to achieve these goals. 0ur year begins formally . Assembled in the library before the ceremony are the distinguished platform guests included on the convocation program. Pictured, left to right, are Mayor D, F. Odom of Mount Olive, who extended a welcome from the towng Con- gressman Hendersonq the Reverend S. A. Smith, President of the State Convention of Free Will Baptists, who brought denomina- tional greetingsg Mr, Charles O. XVhitley, ad- ministrative assistant to the fourth district con- gressman, who introduced the speakerg and Dr. Raper. Following the program the facility was host at a reception in the College parlor. 14