Troy University - Palladium Yearbook (Troy, AL)

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The Tranquility of Troy Set in the he art of the deep south is a university with an intense southern heritage. A co-ed may rush by low hang- ing magnolia limbs which bloom in silence. A commuter may pass by a speckled hori- zon of dewy cotton on his way to school. And still another student may find himself re- siding and having classes in buildings which date back to the early nineteen hundreds. In and around Troy there are remnants of the past and symbols of a simpler way of life that is all but forgotten by a world that thrives on a much faster and efficient life style of the twentieth century. Right: Wildlife thrives in the undis- turbed ecology of southern farmland. Below: Since the 1800 ' s railroads have played an important role in the development of the city of Troy. This channel of transportation just off Highway 29 is surrounded by a land- scape of kudzu. 4 The South

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Southern Accents Inside (Mjlr 11 pa t 17 ) • !»»• M I , V M rS 7Af . v MP .. ' • The Southern Drawl in Yall 10 Southern Beauties 17 Southern Living 46 The Sound of the South 226 Southern Pride 303 Departments Features 14 Campus Life 42 Entertainment 78 People 96 Organizations 158 Greeks 232 Athletics 290 Administration 348 Etc. 392 ON THE COVER is an illustration by Susan Russell of Rosemont. I famous antebellum home in Alabama. t t va

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Top: The agri-busine-s boom of the late L800 ' l brought a demand for fertilizer to im- prove the growing OOtton in- dustry. One l tin- Standard Chemical Companiee Ware- houses still stand- on the out- skirts of Troy as | reminder oi the dayi when cotton wai king. Left: The Episcopal Church located on the corner of College Street and Three Notch Street WSJ completed in L933. The English Gothic style building is just one ex- ample o unique architecture found in TYoy. Above: Cot ton field- -till sprinkle the sndscape oi Alabama but tin- crop is no longer number one nth ft