Marshall University - Chief Justice Yearbook (Huntington, WV)

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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

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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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iJNm- ' -i-- -™ - ' fc Packing up to go home is Rhonda Wade. Every Friday, hundreds ol Marshall students load their cars lor the drive home. All ol that in one small car!?? Crammmg trunks and hatch- backs becomes an art with some students. 28 — home on weekends