Marshall University - Chief Justice Yearbook (Huntington, WV)

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ni Displaying one ol the best ways invented to talk on the phone. Debbie Riggs takes a minute to relax and talk to a Iriend. The phone, as all things are supposed to be in the Morrow , library, is silent. I 11 i Brrrrri nnnnngggggggg Now how did you say you worked that prob- lem? Bill questioned. Sue replied, Plus six to the lOth power times eight. These students were studying for an upcoming exam, but they weren ' t together. He was sitting at his desk in Twin Towers and she was perched on her bunk in Buskirk Hall. Bill simply picked up his telephone and called. If students ' televisions were taken away, it prob- ably wouldn ' t matter much. Take away text- books and dictionaries and there would prob- ably be little uproar. But take away the tele- phone and a revolution might have resulted. Telephones were often used to save time and energy. The quest for knowledge often took students to the library, where sometimes they came up empty handed. The phone could have helped them if they had called before trekking across campus. Many an MU student would have had several cases of munchie fever during late-night study sessions had it not been for the wonder that Alexander Graham Bell invented more than a hundred years ago. At night, when it ' s cold and you don ' t feel like going out, we ' d always call Domino ' s and get a pizza without leaving the warm house, Dawn D. Bibbee said. For severe bouts of homesickness or empty walletltis the telephone was often a solution. Calls home, collect of course, almost always produced the desired remedies of emotional or financial security.

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Koala bears; bagpipes and sketches These were among students ' hobbies and they ranged from collections to activities. Although some students had more traditional pastimes such as stamp or coin collecting, hobbies also included mountain climbing and sketching. Pete Norris, of Tri-State Hobbies, said university students also were interested in the mental chal- lenge of Dungeons and Dragons, a fantasy game. He said nostalgic train collectors also surfaced on campuses. Whatever the activity, students found hobbies to be a welcome change from classroom demands. Whether lor his own enjoyment or lor extra spending money. Chuck Fry uses his artistic abili- ties ior several purposes. In ad- dition to sketchmg wildliie as shown above. Fry designs t- shirts like the one modeled at lelt lor Campus Crusade lor Christ. Keith Campbell Parker keeps m touch with his Scottish heri- tage by playing bagpipes in his spare time. Australia comes to campus along with Sherri R. Ferdelman s 55 Koala bears which she has been collecting lor three years. hobbies — 25

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Andy McGulley makes a quick call to a Iralernity brother from the Delta Zeta sorority house. Sometimes the telephone could be used to covey not-so-good news. Stan Oslroskey confirms his worst tear — the lest he hasn 7 studied lor is the next day. A t left, someone s bill lust went up as Kelly James converses with a Iriend at another university. telephones — 27