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

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'NGK ' 'J ' J r ,.' 4 15 Y ' . ,,, ,itll 5 , ,aixlim 7 X 'Wifi Q ur K- T' ' ' Q, . '55 ..- hiii aidQ WF Je ' . L E L.t,4.l -ff A ,H :ki s , it fx I- -. , ,,.. --L . -I M - 5 ix. . Y Mississippi SouThern College is sTeadily expanding iTs dimensions, and new sTyles oT arT are springing up all around The campus. The beloved columns oT years pasT are being surrounded by modern sTrucTures ThaT Tower in The sky. Because oT The rapid increase in The enrollmenT oT MSC. This expansion program has had To be underTalcen in Tull Torce wiThouT leTup in any area. Colorful new dormiTories Tive and six sTories high can be seen Trom all angles oT The campus: row aTTer row oi new aparTmenTs Tor married sTu- denTs are now being Tilled. OTTering experT and compleTe liTerary service To all MSC sTudenTs is The beauTiTul new library which is compleTely air- condiTioned Tor The comTorT oT The sTudenTs and TaculTy oT Mississippi SouThern College. All around campus signs oT progress can be viewed. Under consTrucTion now, To be compleTed by The l962-63 Term are Two new dormiTories. a modern hospiTal and a new caTeTeria. 9

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X Sludenl enrollmenr al MSC has increased so rapidly Jrhalr ir has presenled a challenge lo lhe olher phases of rhe college 'ro mach ils expansion. The new chapel, classrooms. and dormilories are physical evidence of lhis expansion ol Mississippi Soulhern College, while The profession of lhe in- Jrangibles-cooperalion, slandards, friendliness, and ideals-is fell and lcnown by all Jrhose connecled wilh lhe forward moving college. Necessary addilions have improved and expanded Jrhe lacully and curri- culum unril Jrhe educalional opporlunilies offered al Souihern are un- limiled. Experr lraining in many varied vocalions gives all capable grad- uares ol lhe school promise ol adeguale economic independence for +he fulure. X

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As Mississippi SouThern grew wiThin The sTaTe oT Mississippi, sTudenTs Trom oTher sTaTes became aTTracTed To The campus by some oT iTs unique col- legiaTe TeaTures. The deparTmenTs of Fine ArTs, EducaTion, and Journalism, The Dixie Darlings, and The Marching Band-Pride oT Mississippi, have all conTribuTed To making Mississippi SouThern College The naTionally known and recognized insTiTuTion ThaT iT is Today. NoT only have sTudenTs Trom elsewhere in The UniTed STaTes been aTTracTed To This growing school, buT The LaTin American lnsTiTuTe, recenTly esTab- lished To provide classroom insTrucTion Tor The numerous Toreign sTudenTs, shows how well Mississippi SouThern is becoming known in inTernaTional circles. ,,l