Southwest Mississippi Community College - Whispering Pines Yearbook (Summit, MS)

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BEAR NECESSITIES DAY On Thursday, April 25, 1985, Southwest’s greatest athletes gathered on the SMJC football field to display their athletic abilities. The participants competed on teams made up of seven players. The games included the Volkswagen push, tug of war, dizzy-izzy, egg toss, soft ball throw, relay race and tobacco-spitting contest. The participants not only had to compete against each other, but they also had to hold their own against the heat—many could be seen fleeing to Percy Quin State Park to cool off. Cafeteria workers provided lunch for participants and observers alike and nursing students were on hand to take students’ blood pressures. After the games the winners were given small trophies, congratulated by their friends and promptly collapsed on the field. LEFT; Donny Monjure puts his best foot forward in the tobacco spitting contest! BOTTOM; A lucky few experienced the thrill of victory. BOTTOM CENTER: Utterances of Slip-sliding Away” could be heard from the tug-of-war contestants.

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BELOW: Hope Magee proves that not only men have a talent for tobacco spitting. RIGHT: No, they didn’t run out of gas. They’re just competing in the Volkswagen push. MIDDLE LEFT: Scott Prisk aims for victory in the egg toss. MIDDLE RIGHT: Naomi Carpenter bringing her team to a victorious win in the dizzy-izzy contest. ABOVE: Greg Cal¬ endar strives for a win in the relay race. RIGHT: No, Roy Allen isn ' t bat brained. He ' s just competing in the first leg of the dizzy-izzy contest. 24 Highlights

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GRADUATION 1985 A DAY OF POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE The day so many had waited for finally arrived Sunday, May 12, as the graduating class of 1985 marched down the aisles to the tune of Pomp and Circumstance . After the graduates took their places on stage, the Rev. Robert Fullerton of North McComb Baptist Church gave the in¬ vocation. Following the invocation, Charles R. Breeland, Dean of Instruction presented the class and President Horace C. Holmes presented their diplomas. The SMJC choral group Dyna¬ mics sang Savior, Like a Sheperd Lead Us . Afterward, President Holmes introduced Dr. Richard Boyd, Mississippi Superintendent of Education, who gave the commencement ad¬ dress. The traditional singing of the Alma Mater and the pronouncing of the benediction by the Rev. W.R. Poole of Johnston Chapel United Methodist Church signaled the conclusion of the ceremonies. After returning their gowns, stu¬ dents received congratulations from family and friends, waiting in front of the Fine Arts Build¬ ing, where the ceremonies were held. ANTICIPATION MOUNTS as the line forms for the march onto the stage. CHARLES R. BREELAND, Dean of Instruction presents the class of 1985. TONYA COUEY’S WAVE signals her acceptance that her days at Southwest are nearly over. 26 Highlights