William Carey College - Crusader / Pine Burr Yearbook (Hattiesburg, MS)

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Snowpeople became temporary- students due oppoftunity to build c Time out from classes and studying was often spent in unexpected snow in early Apr.l. Campus residents took the rare conversations such as the one Bryan Giles and Penny front of the RAC and one or two other places on campus. Brown had. Many students made their dorm rooms their home away from home by doing a little interior decorating. Melissa Rogers created a homey atmosphere in her room by doing a little decorating of her own. Prospective Student Day introduced potential Crusaders to our campus, faculty, and staff. President Noonkester was one of many speakers who took time to talk to the visitors. Opening 3

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Carey: Generations of Excellence illiam Carey College has a history of excellence: in 1906, Carey was known as South Mississippi College, a coeducational private institution which thrived until most of it was destroyed by fire in 1910. In 1911, the school reopened as Mississippi Woman ' s College through the graciousness of Mr. W.S.F. Tatum who purchased the land and gave it to the Mississippi Baptist Convention with the conditions that it be used for five years as a Christian school for young women and at least one hundred young women be enrolled the first year. In 1940, the aftermath of the depression era plus the onset of war caused Mississippi Woman ' s College to be shut down and used as housing for army officers from Camp Shelby just south of Hattiesburg. In 1946, Mississippi Woman ' s College opened again and underwent renovations. After more than forty years of admitting only female students, the Mississippi Baptist Convention voted in 1953 to reinstate the college ' s former coeducational status, necessitating a name change for the school. This led the Board of Trustees to name the school William Carey College in honor of the eighteenth century English missionary to India. Besides holding weelily Noondays and various parties throughout the year, the Baptist Student Union also sponsored several activities to raise money for summer missions. 2 Opening

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ontinuing the tradition of excellence, Carey has excelled in many areas including academics and C sports. From Who ' s Who and Academic All-American honors to NAIA championships, William Carey College has left outstanding marks in many areas. Carey is presently undergoing several renovation projects and relocating several offices in order to provide more ample space and greater accessibility to the religion department and several other places. Lawrence Hall is being renovated to house not only the offices of the religion professors and their classes, but also a chapel, a film room, the office of the Director of Religious Activities, and the Baptist Student Union. The Mississippi Mission — an endowment campaign which will, in the end, give Carey $11.6 million to be used to further the advances made by the college over the past decades, is being used to help finance the various renovations on campus. The endowment fund is also being distributed to several scholarship funds and to the library for further development. Monday morning penained to nursing. In December, how che order of the dav 19E?2S - ' Jyy 4 Opening