Agnes Scott College - Silhouette Yearbook (Decatur, GA)

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THE JOY OF STUDY!! Study. It is what we, as students of Agnes Scott, spend a portion of each day doing. It ' s that non- extra-curricular activity, that required class, necessary for the earning of a B.A. One junior defined it as Death and Dying, while a sophomore in- formed the Silhouette staff that Studying is ... a Tab, a book, and time (in that order). hifec ' cioiis studying has many symp- tGrr,s-. baggy eyes, caffeine jitters, dragging limbs and dormant brains — all of which are caused by general overexposure to academic materi al. More than one Scottie has been seen battling sleep through classes after a dreaded all-nighter. An al!-nighter. as one senior put it simply, is Pro- scrastination. One junior announced that an all-nighter is something only freshmen and sophs do really well. One lucky freshman answered confi- dently, I haven ' t had one yet. We shall see what we shall seel When it comes to the location as- signed to the unhealthy habit of study- ing, Scotties seem to have varied opin- ions. Unsurprisingly enough though, Walters (specifically second floor Wal- ters) reigns as the worst dorm to study in. Rebelliousness to academia abounds there. Although one senior mentioned Hanson Residence Hall at Georgia Tech as the worst dorm to study in. Are you surprised? The toss Study is anything you do while holding a book. — Junior up between Main and Rebekah as the best dorms to study in was also ex- pected. This fact should not be con- strued to mean that juniors and espe- cially seniors study more than fresh- men and sophomores. Quite the con- trary! Underclassmen are just noisier about it. One senior noted that Denny ' s was the best place to study. A junior put it quite another way: The best place to study is an isolation booth. The worst place is Agnes Scott

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In Spite Of The Rain We like preppy, madras things Patchwork pants and diamond rings, Big band sounds and Western swings And sneaking around on you. We like Tech boys and Emory men, Coming in late and sleeping in, Drinking Tab and keeping thin. And sneaking around on you. We like Tech parties during Rush, Meeting guys who make us blush. Yelling Hot Water! when we flush And sneaking around on you. We like nachos and drinking rum. Playing hard and studying some. Leaving at twelve on donut runs. And sneaking around on you. We like cutting class and getting mail. Taking tests that we don ' t fail. Knowing your secrets oh, so well. From sneaking around on you. We like stealing underwear. Shaving cream in freshmen ' s hair. All because we sophomores care About sneaking around on you. Sneaking around on you Pulling a prank or two Doing what sophomores do Whenever we ' re sneaking around.

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College. The library ranked in both extremes as the best and worst place to study. As one junior put it: The best place to study is the library when it ' s not hot. The worst place to study is the library when it ' s hot. Is this a hint? As for the best and worst times to study, answers ranged from between 5.00 pm to 5:00 am. Most assuredly though, the best times to study are when your mind is awake and before the test. The worst times to study are during class, after the test, or durng Happy hour. How do you stay awake to study? For many Scotties this was an easy one. A junior sums it up with the simple statement, I don ' t. Other alterna- tives include what one freshman called massive caffeine (In other words — coffee. Coke, tea, and No-Doz). One sure fire way to stay awake during studying is obvious, one Scottie point- ed out: Get lots of sleep. The final inquiries of the Silhouette Questionaire pointed towards some problems and pet peeves Agnes Scott students have when they study. Over- whelmingly, response to this was inter- ruptions, including loud stereos, ob- noxious laughter, lingering visitors, people chewing gum in the library, pro- crastination, and loud librarians. For one junior, getting started is a pet peeve. In general, studying itself Studying is a refined technique of losing sleep, hair, sanity, and gaining weight. — Senior seems to be the pet peeve of most Agnes Scott students. But, like the food at Letitia Pate, you ' ve got to live with it. Do Scotties put up with loud dorms, red eyes, and numb brains merely for the sake of learning? Sometimes it ' s all in an effort to feel better about them- selves when they ' re not studying — in other words enjoying themselves. Ac- cording to one freshman, The ant- onym of studying is ' living it up ' . Need we say more?