Union University - Lest We Forget Yearbook (Jackson, TN)

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College Is a change, a transitional stage where young people take a drastic look at life and where they are going. College involves less dependence on parents and other adults coupled with more responsibility for the student. Bob Dylan, in the early ' 60 ' s wrote the times they are a-changin. Aside from the obvious changes in the physical plant of the college, there are other changes taking place in the world that affect our lives, both present and future. College students do not exist in a vacuum — we are a part of the world around us. Hiunr 1 1 becarne a household word as the events of the political scandal were viewed daily by the American public via television; President Nix- on ' s political dreams and ambitions were crushed to the point of resigning from the Presidenc It ' sUpToYou CONSERVE ELECTRICITY

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Freshman week has been an on again— off again thing. The faculty of Union in the late 1870 ' s. In the early 1900 ' s there was a movement to change the name of the college and on September 17, 1907, the Board of Trustees of- ficially changed the name of Southwestern Baptist University to Union University. The night of January 12, 1912, the administration building and Powell Chapel burned to the ground. Within 18 months a new building. Barton Hall, was reconstructed on the same site and housed the academic facilities, offices, and also Powell Chapel. The college secured a new charter October 20, 1925 which gave the Tennessee Baptist Convention the right to select the Board of Trustees. In 1948, the college was fully accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the regional accrediting body. For the next few years Union continued to expand; new courses were added, and in 1962, a Department of Nursing offering the Associate of Arts degree join- ed the college ' s Bachelor of Arts, Music, and Science degrees which were available for students. Pep has always characterized Union ' s cheerleaders. 1940— sunning at the Library.

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