University of Southern Mississippi - Southerner Yearbook (Hattiesburg, MS)

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CHEERLEADERS The cheerleaders oT l952-53 were said To have ouTdone The performances oT any such group in The hisTory oT SouThern. They held numerous pep rallies in coopes- aTion wiTh The Yellow JaclceTs and band. Once or Twice There were only a handTul oT sTudenTs aT These rallies, buT This didn'T dampen Their spiriTs. Wherever The Team wenT, The cheerleaders did also-even To El Paso. They were always There To help give The Team ThaT liTTle exTra push, hif- Ting iT wiTh a greaT exuberance. To Phyllis, Jerry, Joyce,.Kay, Wallace, Buddy, Jimmy, and lvlerle, we say Thanks Tor your Tireless eTTorTs and congraTulaTions on a mosT magniTicenT perTormance ThroughouT The year. ghfairlgf iiolflgiihinliqi1llffeiin'Pf5llEilis',YnRs'is1Eiigilffill' hilzjiil finband. s econ d Row: Dr. T. B. Cowan, Wilmer Dillard, Dr. J. Glenn Blackburn, Mr. EarnesT Price, Rev. Riley Munday. Phyllis Ivy, Wallace Maiors, Jerry Stevenson, Buddy Klein, head cheerleader, Jimmy Beech, Joyce Jami- son, Merle Green, Kay Coker, DAVID LEE WALKER , . . Chairman MARGARET SKELLIE . . . Chairrna Religious Emphasis Weelcfl says Dr. Coolc, is The mosT imporTanT evenT in our calendar during each academic year. IT is a Time seT aside Tor The enTire campus-sTudenTs, TaculTy, sTaTT -To sTress religion and The viTal role iT plays in all oT our lives. Wifh The assisTance oT The naTional UniversiTv ChrisTian Mission, The mem. bers OT The CommiTTee oT One l'lundrecl presenTed in January a well-rounded program oT religious emphasis wITh eigl'T ouTsTandirlg spealcers appearing Tor a weel4 in classrooms, chapel services, seminars, local churches and clubs, and aT bull sessions in TraTerniTy houses an-l dormiTories. . .WEEK

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119 Sealed: Evelyn Monlgomery, Deon Dunn. Sfanding: Laura Ann Wiber, Barbara Lenaz, Joanne Welsh. OFFICERS ERSVINE HAVENS . . .Pre-sidenl SONNY JOHNSTON . . .Vice-Presidenl LOUIS OWENS ,,... Secrelary-Treasurer KEN CURRY . Sludenl Council Represenlalivo The Yellow Jaclcels is an lnonorary men's serv- ice orqanizalion formed by llwe social lralerni- lies and ilrie sludenl council 'ro acl as sludeni lwosls of campus quesls and io assume respon- sibilily lor promoling line college liadilions ol lriendliness, sclnool loyally, and sludenl respon- sibilily.Tl'1e Yellow Jaclrels assisl in llwe orienla- li f . n oi lreelime-n and ol lransler sludenls and also sponsor freshman day. YELLOW JACKETS 'ws 'E i l ,' , l i T he -a l 0 ' , y 3 ,, '-., . , 5, T ' 6 , I lf' --rr 2 lf B OFFICERS Evemy Monreomcrey L . . , , .Presidenr DEON DUNN ...... Eirsr Vice-Rresideril JOANNE WELSH . . . .Second Vice-Presidenl LAURA ANN WILBER .,...,. Secrelary BARBARA LENAZ ,... . .Treasurer DEAN LENA Y. OOUOH . . .Advisor MEMBERS Marilwa Cooley Joyce- Samples Yuba l-lendriclcs Oeorgene Goellnals Mary Tomblin Kalbleen Lollin Jeannie Rayburn Zaidee Webb Every woman who enrolls al Mississippi Soullierr aulomalically becomes a member oi Women's Slu- denl Oovernmenl Associalion. ll is an organizarion cooperaling willn line- iacully and adrninislralion in crealinq and mainlaining liiglw ideals. The purpose of W.S.O.A. is lo mainlain wlnole- some condilions and relalionsliips among The wom- en siudenls oi Soullnernq lo lurllwer a sense of in- dividual responsibililyg lo srimulale' and develop democracy and qood cilizenslnip, and lo be a me- dium wlnereby llwe liigln siandards and ideals oi Soulliern may be uplweld. Sealed: Erskine Havens, Slan Hoey, Sonny Johnslon, Ken Curry. Sfanding: Jimmy Owens, Mac Baker, Spud Brad- ley, Meredifh Burch, Sieve Fazio. Noi Picfured: Bill Delk, Roger Heilzman, Louis Owens, Joe Bob Murray, Johnny Shorf, George Powell, Eddie Sfarr. Rf be ' c 3 fi? T S1 G' LP I A eff XL X fn' I l 28 - 4-. ax hm,-A '--? GRN, 9- PY: 4 .5 J 4 N

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N 4 Cadre: L+. Col, Finlayson. Cami. Woodruff. S Maier Knapp, M Sqf. Rogers, Sfc. Garner, Sfc. Ginn. Noi Picfured: Capt Thursfon. ROTC PRUGRAM -.navy- 4 ' N, Hip, 2. 3. 4-H Baiialion Sponsor Joyce Samples and Brass 30