Replacing the freshman year ambiguity with more confident feelings, the sophomores returned to campus familiar with the routine of registration , slightly self-satisfied not to be walking cold into the red tape as in the last year. Most enjoyed the luxury of being able to answer questions asked by incoming freshmen rather than having to find information themselves. "One of the biggest changes about being a sophomore ," stated Mall Flinchum, "is getting out of the freshman dorms." Living in upperclassman resident halls all owed students to widen their range of friends and settle still further into life at Harding. Having ripened in the college life and not yet feeling the pressure of pending graduation, the class was ready to resume friendships as part of the core of the student body. Some began to define more clearly their plans for pursuing a career, while others remained unsure and continued to complete basic requirements. Since a declared major was not re - quired until the end of the sophomore year, there was still time to alter plans. Taking first place honors in Homecoming float competition, the class followed their achievement with its second consecutive win in Hilarity. Aaron, Pam • SearcV, AR Abbo", Melody. Smithfield, TX ACOlta, Alberto • EI Paso , TX Adams. Robert • Sesser . IL Alben, Randal • Davenport . lA Aldrich, Bob. Calverton, NY Aldridge. Mark • Batesville, MS like o lomb before his sheorers 270" Sophomores There comes a time in each man 's life when he just has to prove that he is a man . Of the desire for such proof results in an attempt at growing a beard . Whether they have been motivated by similar reasons or not , more and more men at Harding are showing up at school after the summer or Christmas with beards , knowing they will be shorn like a lamb before they can enter class. For those unfamiliar with the process, beard growing is no easy matter. There is the initial period of a week or so when a beard grower is given to incessent itching and the look of a wooley bear. It was during such a time that one bearded student's fiancee was reluctant to draw near. Eventually though, the beard served as an attraction to the young lady. Experienced beard-grower Charlie Ramberger considered a beard to be "in some ways. a little more masculine. " Ramberger's first beard came during the summer of his freshman year as part of a personal experiment to see how a beard would look on him. Citing the advantages of not having to shave every morning, Ramberger said that was Above , SOPHOMORE OFFICERS. J . D. Yingling, President ; Dol Narramore , Vice President; George Willis ; Secretary and Treasure r.
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