Emory University - Campus Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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AFAREWELL ToAsT 14 f Toast Goodbye Wonderful Wednesday Awesone! Record-breaking or not, it was FUN! 'KA rare display of Emory spirit! These were among the many positive impressions students used to describe last spring's toast bidding farewell to Wonder- ful Wednesday, one of our favorite insti- tutions, But with the conversion to the semester system, those precious Wednes- days became numbered. Toward the year's end, we sadly followed the count- down into the single digits. And so it seemed only fitting to send off the last Wonderful Wednesday with a glorious farewell. And so it was. The idea originated in a casual conversation between Jim Wasser- man and Kathy Tobin as they discussed ways to end our day in style. They began to search for funds to pull off the tri- bute to Wonderful Wednesday. UCB ab- sorbed over half the cost with College Council, MOVE, and SGA supplemental funds paying the rest. These organiza- tions collaborated to sponsor the event that made Wednesday, June 2, 1982, an unforgettable day. Planning the event were Jim Wasserman and Mary Abbot from UCB, Ken Johnson and Jenifer Ol- ing from College Council, and Jennifer Brown from MOVE. Though billed as Toast Away Wonderful Wednesday, this was to be no ordinary toast. This was an attempt to set the world's record for the greatest number of people simulta- , neously giving a toast. l That last Wednesday was a hot, bright, sunny Atlanta spring day, The toast was 1 if scheduled for twelve o'clock noon. Never before in recent years had Emory seen such total participation in a university event. Deserting the rest of the campus, people streamed out of every building and headed for the upper field in front of the gym. Herds of people swamped the tables where they were carefully logged in and given Coca-Cola filled commemo- rative cups lnow jealously guarded collec- Vincent T ls' Wen' Vincent il X Vincent l X tl Lag.. s . .

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t aSREc:oRD BREAKER 16fToast tor's itemsl. So many people attended that the toast itself was postponed for a half hour to allow everyone a chance to participate. As toast time neared, the crowd filling the field became excited. Three television cameras, plus a helicopter circling over- head, heightened the tension, Dust rose as the crowd surged forward when Dean Fox, dressed for the occasion in a tophat and cane, called for the toast to begin. A favorite ancient Emory tradition, James T. Dooley, arrived in a cab to give his official sanction for this event. Lest the students be carried away by the event, he reminded us that: Professors may come and professors may Q0- and Presidents may come and presi- dents may go, and Wonderful Wednesdays may come and Wonderful Wednesdays may go, But Dooley lives on forever. And finally, Dean Fox and several stu- dent leaders offered a round of toasts with an exhilerated crowd cheering wildly after each one. Victory was ours! We had established a new world's record with 2,283 people cheering in the largest non-alcoholic toast recorded although all 2500 cups were distributed. The celebration moved to LongstreetfMeans courtyard where free Blimpie subs were served. For a university without colossol athle- tic programs to unite the student body and often fraught with a lack of Togeth- erness , this had been an important day. Proud as we are of the record, what im- presses us the most was the rare exper- ience of total participation and communi- ty feeling that this last Wonderful Wednesday had given us. ln Wasserman's words: The best thing about the toast was that it was a student generated idea and a student run project. Everyone gave up their apathy and came out for it re- gardless of the record. - Richard Wachob and Helen Bled- soe 5 Vincent Vincent MM,,,.....f-.- -4 c I Pomerantz