Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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AFTERNOON . . . When some are just rousing them- selves from the sack and others are returning for a quick nap . . . East dorms hold clumps of bridge fans, squeezing in a rubber before sixth period, or adding another few rows to the current sweater . . . Chatter, discussions, a time to read, ' ' Life; ' ' ' Time; ' Sports Illustrated; ' Playboy; ' Mad; ' or finish the Sunday Times Crossword Puzzle. Then classes again . . . longer-than-usual afternoon variety (so hard to stay awake.) But it ' s worth it, having a class only twice a week — Fridays and Saturdays are that much better. Long hours in engineering labs . . . and outside, stu- dents and transits dot the lawn in a fury of surveying . . . o, physics, and chemistry labs- peculiar odors of sulphur or formaldehyde, miscroscopes and squinting eyes, original drawings, lab reports . . . The art studio . . . aroma of paints and turpentine . . . the struggle to capture a fleeting inspiration . . . the amazing variety of interpretations of a single subject . . . And language labs . . . earphones, muddle, garbled sounds flow much too quickly- another half -hour gone. Some try to study in the afternoon to keep the evening i • .0 lUKE L KTORS 3 « « DOWN YDS™ GO wmm 1 he scuifljuartl- iiuil sixid. ' I see vour father ' s an Admiral. 19

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for the stronger rays of Florida or Myrtle . . . utter relaxa- tion- ' ' Don ' t think Fll ever move again ' ' . . . burn, peel, freckle, tan . . . bodies behind the Women ' s Gym, or in the quad, or on the roof . . . Afternoon hours for bicycle rides . . . exhilaration, exercise, fresh air . . . convertible rides to Buggs Island for careless hours of ivater-skiing. Two to five, a time for the fastidious . . . car-washing, trips to the laiindermat, washing and ironing . . . the well-groomed sitting in a barber ' s chair, or at the beauty shoppe . . . The afternoon, ivhen football games are played in the rain, when snowball fights are fought in the snow, when couples grace the tennis courts for mixed singles and doubles, when the Betas play lo-lai, when social committees decorate for Sat- urday night blowouts . . . The Chimes- Duke ' s dinner gong . . . might as well stop whatever you ' re doing . . . can ' t stop the music . . . long queues of Chronicle readers in the Union, meal tickets ripping along the dotted line . . . another glorious sunset. Don ' t look at me like that! Afternoons filled with studious endeavors and study breaks from 1:00 to 6:00. 22