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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l Imported and Internationals If a voice count of Harding's 3000 students were to ever be taken, a stranger could be excused for mistaking the event for a roll-call vote of the United Nations and the U.S. Senate. On a ratio basis Harding has long been quite cosmopolitan in the makeup of her student body. Among the 1386 men and 1413 women on campus this year, 48 states and 25 foreign countries were represented. The diversity of the individuals combined in Harding's own type of melting transplanted, learn to cope 1. SENIOR Debbie McCabe from Rhodesia, a transfer student from Alabama Christian College, enjoys the Regina Christmas party. 2. SPENDING an afternoon outdoors, Tom Alexander and fiance Ieannie Spencer relax in a swing. Internationals pot, giving many a different kind of education than what the catalog promised for 565.50 per semester hour. Often, however, experience, a harsh teacher at times, taught the visiting foreign students more lessons than even the most northem Yankee received. Senior Debbie McCabe was one who learned much from experience. From Rhodesia, Debbie's initial trip to the U.S. was more urgent than academic. My parents wanted me to get out of Rhodesia because of the war situation, she said, And a friend at home had two daughters at Alabama Christian College in Montgomery. Originally, Debbie planned to return to Rhodesia after attending ACC for two years. She altered her plans, however, after going back home for the summer. It was very different the summer after my freshman year when I went back home, she recounted. Before I came to the ,States I wasn't a Christian. When I went home I was different from my friends. We had grown apart. Deciding to continue toward. her degree-in public relations in the U.S., Debbie came to Harding. Here she continued to- face anjenvgonment in whig she was still not totally comfortable. I think the whole pace of life here is faster . . . even the families, ' she commented. For instance, meallime here is so hurried. The food itself was an adjustment for her also. Moving to the South, she encountered an abundance of fried foods, a rare commodity in Rhodesia. Even though she came from an English-speaking culture, Debbie also found the language and social customs of the U.S. to be quite different. She discovered in Alabama that Hey means, Hi, whereas in Rhodesia, Hey means, Come here, I need to speak with you. Her problems were only compounded by her' accent and some Americans' delight in mocking it. I began to think they just didn't like the way I talked, recalled Debbie. So I tried to talk like them: I even went through a stage where I wouldn't talk at all unless it was absolutely necessary. One major social adjustment for Debbie came in the way she viewed dating. She stated that in Rhodesia, You have an unspoken agreement that while you are getting to know someone you won't go out with anyone else. Debbie's feelings and experiences were not entirely unique, however. Senior Tom Alexander, son of missionary parents in Australia, experienced his own culture shock upon returning to America. After living in Australia for six years, during the crucial years between the ages of 12 and 18, Tom was more Aussie than American. He had developed an Australian accent and was accustomed to using British spellings and slang expressions. I stuck my foot in my mouth a lot my freshman year, he commented. The first year was especially difficult for Tom. It was hard to make decisions on my own, he said. Dating was an adjustment. In Australia, as in Rhodesia, people date one person at a time. A member of Chi Sigma Alpha social club, Tom received some help in the transition process from fellow club members. The guys on my wing paid for a phone call home my first Christmas here, he recalled. It was very expensive - 53.00 a minute. Unlike Debbie and Tom, who came from English-speaking nations, business major Shinobu Otsuka spoke no Enggsh when she arrived in the States. From Chiba, Iapan she came to Arkansas in 1976 as a sophomore in high school to attend Harding Academy. 'flgwas scared to even try to talk to anyone, said Shinobu, because I knew they wouldn't understand what I was trying to say. English was very hard to learn. After spending three years in Arkansas and learning the English language, Shinobu now considers herself as much a Southerner' as her roommate,