c Junior class officers. Juniors Chris Cranford, from Benton, AR, Amy Griggs, from Terre Haute, IN, and Wayne Houk, from Memphis, TN, represent their class in the Student Association. The SA was just one organization on campus that students could get involved with . - photo by Bill Tripp. Jouett's view of junior year I t was the halfway point. You were almost home free. You could do it. You came too far to turn back now. Besides, you were older and wiser. You were a veteran. You were an upperclassman. You were a junior. Every year, changes came. There were more adjustments to make and maturing to do. As the student got older, the adjustments took on a new dimension ...especially when the junior year arrived. The junior was an interesting creature. He graduated from the state of a frantic , frustrated freshman and the schoolwise, smart alee sophomore to an unmistakeably unique upperclassman. Thrown into his major courses of study, the junior faced the reality of an approaching graduation. The typical junior, if such a person existed, was medium height , had brown hair, brown eyes, and could be mistaken for an education major. A certain female on campus happened to fit exactly into this stereotype. Susan Jouett, an elementary education major from Little Rock, AR, related well to the dilemma of becoming a junior. She saw the distinction of achieving junior status as opposed to her arrival as a sophomore. "There is more of a feeling of being settled and comfortable with your surroundings ," Jouett said. "You now know everything you need to know about school. You are more relaxed." Even with the settled feeling, there was always a new experience around the corner. Academic life presented an entire realm of dilemmas. "The courses in my major are tougher but more interesting," she said. "I can use them later in life." Social life, which was always an area of change, took on a different light for juniors. Academics affected the direction of one's social life more during the third year than it had in the past. "You are around a different group of people," Jouett said. "You are around people in your major. They are the same ones in each class, and in edu(;ation , you don' t see many guys." The general changes could not have occurred without having an impact on the individual. The adjusting and maturing by students varied with each person. Her thoughts about the future were affected, Jouett said. " I realized graduation is near, and I began thinking about the future ," she said. "I grew up. The first two years, I didn' t really care." Juniors have one particularly distinctive characteristic. In their third year of higher education, they took on an air of wisdom and knowledge that they may have often been found passing on to their younger peers. They each became a twenty-year old Ann Landers. " I would tell a sophomore not to be inhibited ," Jouett said. "Don't bury yourself in your studies. Find a medium so you can be active with your friends and your club. Friends are what make you happy. Realize how important they are to you and let them know." The junior year did not last forever. Before they realized it, another year flew by, and suddenly, they found themselves on the final leg of their journey. They transformed into seniors. The questions and expectations once more arose in their overloaded heads . What was around the bend? "I think I'll become more serious about my future," Jouett predicted. "I'll cherish my friends more and take all of my relationships more serious since I'll be leaving soon." For Jouett and the others like her, their junior year was a stepping stone. It became a new height in their college careers. They gathered what they learned and set their sights on their final year. As veteran seniors, they will catch a glimpse of next year's juniors and think back to the wonderful memories of their term ... then smile and be thankful that it's someone else's turn. - Laura Ruggles Nancy Anne Cope - Neosho, MO Jonathan A. Corpuz - San Francisco, CA Kathy Joyce Covington - McRae, AR Bradley Clark Cowart - Jackson , TN Teresa L. Cox - Des Arc, AR Christopher Lee Cranford - Benton, AR Denise Ann Crawford - Austin , TX Scott David Crawford - Pinson, AR Timothy S. Creel - Milton , TN Chaney Brent Curtis - Lead Hill , AR Rena M. Danielson - Columbus, NE James Lester Davis - Red Boiling Spring, TN Jeffry Brooks Davis - Bartlesvi lle, OK John Wilber Davis - Barrow, AK Patrick Wayne Davis - Vernon , LA Shera Lynette Davis - Rolling Fork , MS Leigh Ashlie Dean - Searcy, AR Gabrielle Christine DeMatteis - Chillicothe, OH Nona Leigh Denison - Lynn , AR Donnan Ruth Derr - Irving, TX Marta Esthela Diaz - Bocas del Toro, Panama Benjamin Wade Dove - Pasadena , TX .Juniors 251 Cope - Dove
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