Brown University Womens College - Brun Mael Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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Na There is the old man. No grad student. People sound- ing him out, while he exchanges in-jokes with them, staving oh' leading questions about hour exams. George, the man in my life, is very good at asking leading ques- tions, but not good enough. The mean-looking one next to George is Last Year's. At lunch, someone will say 4'Guess who I saw in the Blue Room, and I will have to say something unpleasant about him. Call him a heel, at least. Actually, he has a perfect right to be in here, l r f if even if he is a heel: the Blue Room is for every- body to cultivate George, to see the old man outside of class, and to see people they havenlt seen since break- fast or since ten olclock yesterday. So they all come in with their umbrellas and newspapers and bookbags. An hour later, the eleven o'clock shift comes in. Some of the ten o'clock group stays. The cups and straws pile up on the table. For all that cream, this stuff is pretty dark at the bot- tom. I used to drink it black, but then, I used to try to tell time by the clocks in Faunce House. Tell time by the number of cups you can drink. George shows up around ten-fifteen. On Saturday night, at his discretion.