Indiana State University - Sycamore Yearbook (Terre Haute, IN)

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Haag's the life saver Terre Haute, the average students home for four years. What are characteristics of Terre Haute? What does the city have to offer? Trains seem to come up in most conversations. Mainly because everyone has been late to a class, meeting, date or party because of the trains. The usual practice is to try to outrun the iron horse, which at times can be accomplished. Students can relate to a variety of events and places in the Terre Haute area. The smell of fish and other putrid, obnoxious smells often linger, but students become used to the smells by the end of their stay and don't really notice them tunless the wind is in the wrong direction andfor the smell is really strongi. German customs are observed at the annual Octoberfest at the fairgrounds. Beer, German dances and booths all add to the celebration. Deming park, a nice bike hike from campus, becomes the roaming grounds for students in the fall and spring. Activities range from dorm picnics to feeding the ducks. Fire trucks and sirens are an accepted part of Terre Haute, anytime day or night a siren can be heard ring- ing over the Valley. Besides just being a grocery store, Great Scot cash checks for in State students without a hassel. Late night snacks were often picked up at Great Scot as well. Haag's only two blocks from campus, was more or less a life saver for students. They carried anything a student wanted or needed. Checks could be cashed and munchies bought at the large drug store. Outrunning the iron horse is the usual practice to avoid being late to a class or date, tChatt . ON fx' A Stl?-IIESEI'-55:55 5::5qf555:fNwm:i.c-531'5:-

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Things go . . and the goblins'll get you if you don't watch out! More than goblins will get you if you believe in some of the legends of the Terre Haute area. The city has its share of unexplainable lights, sounds, events and people or what appear to be people. One of the more popular creepy legends of the city is Stiffy Green Eyes . Residing in Highland Lawn Cemetery east of Terre Haute, Stiffy is a stuffed dog that guards the mau- soleum of the Heine family. Accord- ing to the legend, the dog was the faithful companion of one of the Heine family members. Upon the death of the man, the dog was killed lput to sleepy and stuffed. He sits at the foot of the granite walls of the building with his glass eyes tthat almost glowl aimed at the place where his master lies, Stiffy is good for a midnight trip every now and then. One suggestion though: his eyes are more impressive with a flashlight shining on them. For general all around midnight madness, there is the Spook Light near Brazil, Indiana. Several versions of the story are told, but they all end up with the same effectg some unex- plainable light that appears on cue. One well known version involves a farmer and his daughter. The story goes that the daughter began seeing a boy against her fathers will. To avoid her fathers wrath, she would sneak out at midnight and meet her lover. She would go to a nearby bridge and signal with a lantern three times to let the boy know that she had arrived. Her father never permitted her to marry the young man and after she died one could still see her signal at night on the old bridge. Another story says that a boy and girl regularly took evening rides in a horse and buggy, and that they would travel a certain country road that happened to cross a bridge. One night they didn't return home. bump in the night Whatever the set-up, it comes down to the fact that the girl's father went searching for her and her friend one evening. Taking a lantern with him, he searched the area and was also never heard from again. The clincher is that by driving to the bridge fwhich is still therel, stopping the car and flashing the lights three times tor one time or two times depending upon who told the storyl the light of the lantern can be seen in the swampy area around the bridge. Other versions on the same story line include a flaming car with faces inside, headless corpses, corpseless heads and strange scratching sounds. Whatever the outcome, flash three times and. . . For those not willing to travel out of their way to see the unusual, they can take a look at the haunted house around 14th and Poplar street. The house is one of the oldest in the area. Legend has it that the house is haunted by the wife of the original owner. The owner was an early settler from the east. The story goes that while he was content with his new life on the frontier, his wife longed for a return trip back home to the big city. She wanted nothing to do with the native Indians that inhabited the area, the bad weather, poor surroundings and general disgusting atmosphere of the area. Finally, after having become a shrew about the whole affair, she delivered her ultimatum to her hus- band. She wanted out of the marriage and she wanted to go back where she had come from. lt is said that she never got to go back home and was murdered that very night. ls the house haunted? Well the last owner of the house refused to spend the night. She reported oc- currences such as large pieces of fur- niture moving by themselves, china flying through the air, and unusual sounds coming from the walls. Legend had it that the wife wants revenge. While all these stories of things in and around the Terre Haute area are interesting to some, none have an im- pact of the university like the Fieeves Hall Hatchet Man where supposedly some guy hacks up student's stuffed animals for fun and profit. Or the haunted PiA's room on Gillum's 9th floor. Where at night tif you listen very intentlyl you can hear the drill of the man who fell off the building during its construction. Yes, the area has its share of un- explainable lights, sounds and creatures. S pestto

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L'ff'.ilZr9 .5 ,V , Very few students could go into Great Scot without buying some of their famous chocolate chip cookies. tChatl Q, K 'sw -isp, . .- was .- -we-f . . iyiii- , . . my .ss .ne to-,.f,. --1-S.c,-..e:sg,w3-zsxsszsz 41. -. sri S I Us f, A . i - ,..t HQ iff- if-fi 5 ' -ui iviixii 4 un r 2, ' U E55 ' A calf i f? i l-J J 'O - , 5559 1 . i 1 '76 ..,,. -P-is H t 1 bee s ,l ASSGCIATIDN H i I ' May brought the Tony Hulman Classic to the tracks at the fairgrounds. CH. Strothersl Downtown got a facelift when mercury vapor lights were installed along Wabash. tChatJ A favorite place to pick up unusual items for a drab apartment or dorm room is Pier 1 Imports located at Honeycreek Square, tChatl German dances are just a part of the annual Octoberfest tH Strothersl A sniff of Terre Haute on a windy day Fall afternoon bike rides weren't uncommon to just get away from campus, IS. Kuehll Terre Haute