University of Arkansas Monticello - Boll Weevil Yearbook (Monticello, AR)

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GIVING THAT extra touch, a smiling Lisa Hisaw encourages a runner at the finish line. PACING THE RUNNERS, Pogo Grif- fin keeps step with a race entrant. with something more than a sense of obligation or relief at escaping the hot sun. They carry away some of the feelings of spending a day with happy children, some of which have very lit- tle to be happy about. Homer Jacks Monticello, Arkansas A M 1923-30 On August 10, 1923 | went to the Fourth ae State Agricultural School as a 9th grade student. - roomed in Number 7, Wells Hall. At that time | ve $12.00 per month for room and board. | worked at .15 per hour in my spare time from classes to pay room and board. My first job was feeding the hogs from 4 to 6 o'clock each afternoon. We had classes on Saturday morning, but worked five hours each Saturday after- noon. Using much care, one could about come out even paying room and board each year. Mrs. S.T. (Emma) Button was my dorm mother. She was great with boys. She had us study in our rooms from 7 until 9 each evening, except Saturday. We then ad 15 to 30 minutes of recreational time. An electric bell in ‘Mother Emma‘s” room told us when to start | and stop each period. We were in bed by 9:30 or soon - thereafter. There were no bathroom facilities in the boys dorms. We had a brick building (Egypt) in the ell between the | two dorms about 15 feet from the side entrances of each dorm (Wells and Sorrells). In “Egypt’’ there were Le eight shower heads, eight commodes, and a latrine. Hot and cold water came into this building. The boy | who kept “E gypt’’ was called Pharoah and the drainage | ditch which emptied into a septic tank about one fourth mile over by the hog pasture was the River Nile. The house mother had an orderly on each floor of the dorms to assist in keeping order, checking rooms, giv- ing late permission to go to ‘‘Egypt’’ and many other | duties. This was a .15 an hour job also. Near the end of my first year | ran into a bit of trouble with | my right leg. | developed osteomyelitis. Between operations, I'd be right back working at milking, feeding | stock, driving the teams, and living in the dorm. These leg operations (three) kept me in and out of high school until the end of school in 1930. Mysenior year 1929-30 | still lived in Wells Hall. | got a pot washing job in the kitchen with Mrs. C.C. (Willie) Smith as my boss. After graduation | was chosen to — work in the kitchen to feed the summer workers. This n into an eight year job cooking at A M College. - uring this time | still attended classes - taking few courses as my studying time was limited. In 1944, when | left ‘Aggie Hill’’ wages had increased to. .55 an hour. | got much joy and good clean fun out of dorm life, campus life and each and every phase of work as it came up.

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Organizations at UAM contribute individually to different charities in the Drew County area. One such contribution, the Special Olympics, is sponsored yearly by a group of UAM organizations. Rather than donating money, the members donate their time in conducting a track meet for children with mental or physical handicaps. Last year, the BSU, men’s football and basketball teams, Sigma Tau Gamma, their White Rose Sisters, and Alpha Sigma Alpha worked the event which is held nationwide. Special Olympics is especially important in that it repre- sents one of the few remaining links between a combined Clockwise from top left: JANINE HOBBS prepares a youngster for an event. UAM STUDENTS gave much more than free labor ... they gave understanding and encouragement as well. THEODIS BEALER gives a pat of reassurance to a Special Olympic participant. SUPPORTED BY the 92 Student Life special olympics group of UAM students and the community. A practical way of showing appreciation for the student workers was devised - a dance that evening, after the close of the Olym- pics. Perhaps the most valuable show of appreciation comes from the children themselves, many of whom have never had the opportunity to physically compete with other chil- dren. Many train for it and anticipate it in the same way as college athletes, but rather than mourn a loss, most are still overjoyed with being able to participate. Most of the student workers leave the Special Olympics community as well as the campus, the Special Olympics drew a large crowd. A National Guard member takes time out to stop and chat with a child. ANTHONY FULGHAM watches a thrower in the shot put event.

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awards assemocy SSS 94 Student Life DANNY AMERSON receives the Ellen Mok Hui Scholarship from Dr. Jerry Webb in UAM's first Honors Assembly.