Agnes Scott College - Silhouette Yearbook (Decatur, GA)

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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?

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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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GDE TO 4 PQPGGRN PQPPER (With apologies to John Keats) Thou unacclaimed bride of golden corn, Thou foster child of a junk food generation Social historians either praise or mourn A custom so beloved by our nation. What electrical legend haunts about thy shape Of Scientists or after-work inventors Who strove thy noble purpose to ordain; Who sought more efficient production of thy fuel. What mad pursuit? What struggle to create? Yet when they their strivings won, what ecstasyl Heard melodies are sweet, but thy small pops Are sweeter therefore, ye popper, pop on; Not only to mine ear, but even more. Play to the stomach ditties that rumble low. Fair popper, upon the floor, thou canst not leave Thy song, no radio or record can thee replace. Bold popper, never, sadly, canst thou taste Though popping brings thee close, yet do not grieve Thy value is unmeasured) thy purpose clear: Forever shalt thou pop, and corn be there. And, happy melodist, unwearied Forever popping corn forever sweet; More tasty corn! More snow-white, crunchy corn! Forever warm and still to be enjoyed Forever salty, crisp, forever good. Who are these coming to the popping corn? To what bright room, O mysterious priest Leadst thou these girls sniffing at the air. All in warm sweats and pajamas dressed? What other rooms by stairwell or phone ' s ring Or bathroom ' s constant running water noise Are emptied of their folk this chilly eve? And, sprawling dorm, thy halls forevermore Shall silent be, and not a soul to tell Why thou art desolate — mouths being filled with lucious corn, O rounded shape! Dome lid and shallow pan! With slender cord attached to thy side. With hard, raised plastic thy cover spells thy name. With chrome thy sturdy base thy workings hide. Thou cheery form: thou priceless study guide When old age shall college memories fade Thou shalt remain amidst our other lives And with thee to, a shadow of the friends Then made and cherished still; with thee And them we learned all we ' d ever need to know. a