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Activities ' While the academic program of a college surely finds it- self in the center of a school ' s endeavors, extracurricular ifM Sjt , activities often serve not only as diversions from stan- dard classroom work but as learning devices themselves. This certainly held true in South Mississippi College, William Carey ' s 1906-1910 predecessor. Of all the extracurricular activities at SMC the one that gained the widest recognition was the school ' s splendid band, an arm of the music program. During the Woman ' s College era (1911-1953) an emphasis on religious activities emerged early, primarily because of the Christian orientation of the school when the Mississippi Baptist Convention assumed its administration. Indeed, the over- whelming majority of the student body took an active part in the Young Women ' s Auxiliary (YWA), a junior division of the Women ' s Missionary Union. Principal activities included field trips to needy communities, work programs to raise funds for foreign missions, and devotional services for elderly or infirm people confined to their homes. So intense were these activities that the boarding students voted in the 1920 ' s to eliminate Sun- day night meals, with the money saved thereby going to mis- sions. Herein lies the origin of the custom that persisted into the sixties of the cafeteria serving sack lunches for Sunday night supper. The faculty, not to be outdone, voted in the twenties to give a month ' s salary to missions. Less serious matters also found their place in the extra-curricu- lar activities of Woman ' s College. For example, a favorite event was train excursions, when the college would charter entire coaches for outings to the Coast, little knowing that one day the college would have a campus on the beach not too far from the Gulfport depot. Other railway ventures carried the co-eds to Jackson for Mississippi College football games. Before the game the girls would march up Capitol Street to excite their broth- ers at M.C. One Woman ' s College activity that remained a tra- dition until the early seventies was the annual May Day cere- mony, climaxed by the event that would have shocked Miles Standish, the wrapping of the may pole. With the admission of men to the student body and the change of the name to William Carey College, extra-curricular activities shifted their emphasis to intercollegiate athletics. What was the best way to demonstrate the new college status? Have something that no woman ' s college had-a football team, and a winning one at that! Accordingly, the college recruited the All-Star Junior College football team of Mississippi. With such talent the team breezed through their schedule for two years, establishing a win- ning tradition for future teams in several sports at Carey. For instance, basketball and tennis teams, both male and female, have had their regional and even national recognition, while the baseball teams have not only been a perennial national con- tender for twenty years but actually won the N.A.I.A. world se- ries in 1969. Student government also took a larger role in directing activities when the college became William Carey. By encouraging club development, by sponsoring socials (from skating parties to pic- nics) and entertainment (from Neil Diamond to the New Or- leans Symphony), the S.G.A. worked hand-in-hand with the Baptist Student Union in giving a balanced activity life to the campus. Traditional outlets through musical groups, debate and theatrical components, and writing opportunities (The Cobbler and The Indigo) expanded activities having their origin in Woman ' s College. To be sure, by having such a large number of organizations in proportion to the size of the school, the college has been able to live up to its goal of offering each individual student the chance to achieve his highest potential.
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