Harding College - Petit Jean Yearbook (Searcy, AR)

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S ,Q , ellthsm what vewmw . , v ,v , n n , around, pranks, mischief or plat-it if E ' M A A N 3 N l A A A N ' A Y Y tical iokes, they are most definitely a r 6 6 wayiof life onfcollegeiicampusesr, They' ? r areltherapnelutic: sometimes the need to W if A A vio ate a e or poke a bit of fun at the system is overpowering, and practicall men ond anoilier who t A W 'N ' is ' if ' W t to i A e jokes, simple or elaborate, seem to fill toilet seats and showergheads, rlelgialfgil :guard maggiflmmegilmdercgw- the rbllh-Chanfietwliegthittmosh Students by abducting one .of thewcriminalswand iquicklybasiticame due fo thelpszrader if Q.Qif?i', have Pulled I Pflllk, but chances are leaving him for the dorm manager to tign gf Cam us sec 't 1 P- if iii: Eyengbgtter that mostfhavg been the Vic' find: b0l-Ind, with Z toilet seat 31'OllI1d l'll5 wake few lulzgky 5033: hngaizgziil th rl , tit 119515231424 iishfwgifh readflstealioilet' ekistenfa, ttttt J A A e e 15 an al' 0 P inning SBHIS- pparen Keller 2A doesn't ankjn ' - , PYQPCYU QXBGY-MDB 3 SP0d,PFiCfiGll , take practical iokeli sitting down.. . , H11-liggguyatofggagz aaf:,c:nlE5F::tE::,2,.i?c: ioke, there are elementary versions of The ability to stagea practical joke is fillcan' rememggr one is d ke- ' :he gen? wlhich arei performed frequent- a coveted trait. One of the most historic the old science buildingwaioinxgsntxf Y 'in res lormsl and lsumrneri fexamplesf 'off thei simplex butfsuccessful' M A i 'lf' 'H i it camps all over America. Freshman dorm practical joke was the young man who :ryllirsgzyt 23,35 Colgrlfadrfi 2 igmllltffre tl'qgaffl9l vl i'il3' whisk me ii 'iqueded every hylimfmoki fiom the came down from tl? dariroxbm n th not meant to hurt airyonejliut are rather A Main Auditoriiimf Takirigitheni id fhe tj-,fra a'f1g,,,. me git h d k lg e feeble stabs of rebellion against being men's room, he stacked them on a board halfway down we sgefled :Iva OPC: rmerely a computerizedystudent nurnber. f , , across a itoiletseat arrdcplacedipantsand. odor, hm asp' germ wot d0wn'Yo:C31 V, , A successfully executed prank somehow shoes on the floor to forestall any im- bomgm ste with m yhands out in fr i restoreslone's identity. A few examples mediate search of the restroom stall. of Qne I wicked wlfat turned out t Us nfs thettypet KA rdom filled with rtewsl if Studentsisang froniimemory in chapel thi, lbgdk end of Qld Na glenn Ban i paper. Saran Wrap on the toilet seat. for two weeks before the missing books Parte the mule that use: to haul tae Vaseline. on the doorknob. Buckets of were discovered. According to ?Aca- trash' Formnatelyy instead of kickin he water perched atop the half4open'donr, demic 'Dean Ioseph E. Pryor, 'lln the tgokgfgw Ste Qorward auowinbm Victims of these plots are not always past, people have stolen the hymnals to retreat, u stasis to tum'on the 1-ghtse J good natured -2- describing the perpetra- 'and hidden them inthe attic, the 'Green Sgmeonei 11:5 ut the mule and a dined tors with such harsh adjectives as iuven- Room and in the air conditioning ducts. of ducks on tae first nom, to mam the Histvlisalln illeliw R091 hai corridors as a Halloween prank, And ,been the Scene of la multi' somepranlcs wereanannualoccurrence. tude of Pfankf- Duflng Warm One club, he continued, used to steal weather e5PeC'3uYi the :Passat 1uiGo Iu'si.maypole during 'practicevfor , Eaielrigr :fwxggglsidmgglezfxg May Fete. Brother club Galaxy ended up ' . rs ' - M ' I Ifgfkuvlfx-be xx ncaa' and as I qfiiddyg len Zegiggtrssna twenty four hour watch to 5 g '1 k l' X dfenchfd and Undlgnified YO The Editor's Choice for best prank of ' - Z' e v ?ak3lllS'W'i3Yhl1aCl9r?I thi flqfm the year,.however, ,came to the Petit h K V ' X x X N 01' 'Y C Ot UB- EW Y ell' lean office during a December all- . it ,4- if Qlged COUPICS hifi been Uadf' nighter. At 8PPlf0ximately 12:30 a.m., l ' hfmally Suscfphble to A this theoffice rdoorwburst open,'revealing a L .34 , Vlolahoni of Pmfacif- band of semi-military clad males, identi- Q Dvmvms Dneslaundliy SPH!! ties concealed. Working quickly and QQ ': 2 N, . mm the Pool end mute to the with accents from some Eastem country, .N 'N 'f W f l3Undl'Y WHS an 0ft PU'f0l'med the men brutally bound and gagged ' H :Hess abandonflleadmi' 'three staff rnembersp leaving chaos in mg to the proliferation of algae their wake. 18 ile, ixngnature, thoughtless, childish, sophomoric, delinquent and rude. But, then, neither are those who commit the deedsalways discreet and considerate.. ln men's residence halls, pranks run more tp. firecraqkers :and bottle rockets under the doors. On the' Harbin wing known as the Zoo, almost everyone on the wing has fallen fort the shaving creaml on the telephone trick. Some of them received the. white stuff in the ear: the unusual ones got itin the' mouth. M ' Using his electrical expertise, senior James Sewellgonce cut off the power on his dorm wing during the night, then sneaked into each room and turned on Qhair dryers, radioslahdstereos up to full volume. The commotion that ensued when JSewell,reconnected the electricity caused several sleeping men to believe, as Tom Alexander did, that the ludg- ment' was indeed taking place, like law thief in the night. , Keller ZA, disturbed by the vandal- lizing of their community showers by i Iustfor Fun L on the surfacexof the water and the acute! disfavor of the maintenance crew. Atl various times, compact cars and row- iboats .have appeared in the .pool ,over- night, also. One trick which drew an extensive crowd Moccriried ini 1976, when 'Carl' Evel Kneivel Powell attempted to jump the lily,,pool through a ,hoop f astride a bicycle. He was unsuccessful, wiping out inthe middle of the attempt. ' A Ascending the scale of difficultyiwerti a second group of pranks, grouped to- gethernot bygvirtuez ofuoriginality butt because of the brute strength required to carry them out. Some favorites in this category are 'senior 'Ken Wiles' Volks- wagen Beetle in Heritage lobby and the bpnfire ,fueledwby the muchghated barri- cade blocking Center Avenue atlthe Stu- dent Center. Finally, theres are the originals. ,These all-stars are special because of their tim- ing and simplicity. The panty tree, which blossomed overnightiinto a rhulti- , At thexfollowing evenings Christmas party, the troops appeared again, this time armed and prepared for battle. Eachfwsporting 'a pair of suction' dart. pistols, the terrorists attacked the crowd of celebrating staffers, taking one female fhostage in the' l'l1dl'l'S'l'd0lI1, where she re- mained as the editor refused to negotiate the cheese dip in exchange for her safe return. Surprised by an authoritative voice at theidoor, the vandals fled, leaving Dean Pryor standing amid the rubble with an arrow stuck to his forehead, proof that, though' there is an art to committing a successful prank, there are times when it is equally important not to get caught. - Melanie McMillan, Lynne Ketteler and Patti Farmer 'i

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