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

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normal class, but the fact that one remains occupied dispels all thoughts of sleep. The sleeping student is but one extreme. The other is the single-minded scholar who plows through interminable hours of boredom with pen in constant motion, seemingly rooted to each word uttered by the instructor. This exhuberance is common among freshmen who think they’re going to set the world on fire and graduate Summa Cum Laude. lronically, if one maintains that peak of attention and involvement in classes, coupled with careful and effective study, they do achieve that honor student classification despite the jeers they’ve gotten from peers over the years for studying instead of partying. The instructor makes the class. A colorful personality holds interest, not a colorful subject. While there are usually a group of high- grade graduates each year, there are an equal number UAM campus. of sub-par students who have wound up down the ladder due to disinterest, usually interpreted as “‘lack of drive.”’ Maybe the instructor feels obligated to maintain a modicum of rigidity and formality in classes. This inflexibility, not concerning cuts and the like, but in the way the classes are conducted, should be eliminated. Rapport is the key in class problems, as in so many others that we face each day. = Above left: Mrs. Adams instructs student on lab procedures. Above: Forestry students enjoy outdoor classes during summer camp. Left: Night classes are be- coming more popular on the Student Life 95 RR ———— eee a rn SS cere A OT CE ME

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94 Student Life Though it often appears secondary in importance to the student, labs and classes are the crux of the college education. As we well know, a student’s preoccupation with other matters sometimes diminishes the importance of a class. They are frequently “blown off” or “ce Cutie: On the other hand, certain students will make classes come rank, hail or high water. This achievement is made even more remarkable when one considers that there are few classes that a studet can claim to truly enjoy. It’s only human nature to discard something disinteresting ur rebel against someone who “‘rubs one the wrong way’’. Whatever the case, labs and classes serve a singular purpose; instruction and Cindy Watts and Derrick Black work on an experiment in chemistry lab. education. If | may quote an instructor’s wise words, the student who disregards classes is, in effect, “attempting to CLEP out of college, entirely.”’ That’s a fine concept, but unfortunately most of us do not have and cannot independently acquire the knowledge to become degreed in a field of study, without attending classes. Classes themselves can be boring to the point of sedative. It is not at all uncommon to see nodding heads and hidden faces at odd angles enjoying forty winks in less interesting classes. Labs may be just as boring, and almost always at least twice as long as the

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SADIE HAWKINS Above: Where trails meet, eggs often break. Students run into each other during the egg roll. We conclude that eggs do not roll in a straight line. Right: The muck and glory of a pond drenching. If it looks bad, well it is. 96 Student Life Sadie Hawkins Day is traditionally a day when women chase men at will. Unfortunately, its nature has changed somewhat but it’s still good fun. Not clean fun, but entertaining. The egg roll and egg toss are notoriously messy, as is the canoe race. Shades of Mean Joe Greene, there’s even a soft drink chug- a-lug, with numerous side events like throwing any and everyone in sig ht into Weevil Pond.