Peace College - Lotus Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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The Family Picnic, Peace St:yie k . Picnics have always been one of the things families have enjoyed together. Table manners can be for- gotten — you can put your elbo Ars anywhere you please! Fun and games al- ways follo M. Can ' t you re- member playing Red Rover with your cousins at the family reunion? Quite often Mr. Martin (alias Captain Cafeteria) serves us outside — corn on the cob, fried chicken, slaw, iced tea. There are only a fe%A problenns: There ' s an ant on my bread — Ugh! Gulp! I n-iust have just swal lou ed one! But other girls and their antics distract you from those minor difficul- ties. Besides, ants are high in protein!

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)JS( In Memory of t:hat: First; Day Your st:omach felt like a limp dishrag being t: A Jst;ed by nervousness and uncer- tainty as you approached Peace College for the first time in late August. You vaguely A atched the secur- ity guard guide you to the unloading zone. Your cu- rious nnind bombarded you with thoughts: I wonder w hat my roomnnate will be like. Will I have room for all my belongings? How will I carry all these boxes up two flights of stairs? Dumbfounded, all you could do Mas Match as girls in purple and orange shirts descended upon your car and swept your belongings as well as you away to your new room. It M as bare, yet it seemed to welcome you. Then you saw your suite- mate ' s snniling face as she popped through the bath- room door to greet you. Your heartbeat slowly eased as the w onder of those friendly new sur- roundings soothed your nervousness. If your RA hadnt been the one who had carried in your clothes, boxes, and favorite stuffed anin als, then surely she vjQs one of the first, and certainly the n-iost enthu- siastic, of your visitors. We RA ' s anxiously a A a- ited your arrival. We ended our summers early in order to attend training vtfork- shops several days before anyone else arrived at school. We learned Mays to soothe the aching of home- sickness, ways to make your dorm a second home for you, and ways to solve problenns that normally evolve in a dormitory. We hoped the nametags that we made for your doors w ould make you feel wel- come here. The exciten ent of the day seemed to numb the weight of the heavy boxes. And your grateful smiles made the time go by almost unnoticed. We vnere tired — but freshmen, you were w orth the effort.

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l.m-iy iiims m mmimsii i ' mfsmm id i A Matter of Priorities Sometimes it ' s hard to turn do A n a chance to go to the movies with the girls on the hall, or to turn off the TV, or not to order a PTA pizza A ith your roomnnate when you should read a chapter in your biology book end study for a math quiz. But the reason for college is to get Bn education, and we all must sacrifice some of the fun things in order to make good grades and to graduate. Some girls prefer to study in the daytin e A hen they can call a friend if they need help, A hile some need the quiet of the late-night w hen others are peacefully dreanning. One ' s study habits can be the routine sit-at-the-desk- and-be-quiet-style, or one can be somewhat creative. There are people A ho make up chants, cheers, or rhymes with test informa- tion in order to make it easier to memorize. (These ere the people who tend to score high on tests.) Yet along A ith its wide range of extra-curricular activities. Peace College still provides an ideal study haven. There are many quiet pieces to study, lA hether they be in the li- brery, on the green gress under the cool shade of a tree, or on a green park bench. Yet many students prefer to study in their rooms, finding the dorm an adequately quiet place. But A herever a student studies, she MUST study. Have you ever pondered the consequences of placing your priorities in the w rong place? Have you de- cided you ' d go to that fra- ternity party A hen you know that you ' re not ade- quately prepared for that history test tomorrow? One bad grade leads to dis- satisfaction A ith yourself or A ith the course. If the former is true, then you usually pull up the grade. Should it be so unfortun- ate that the latter is true, then B string of bad grades may follow, leading to fail- ure in the course and perhaps of your academic career. But you must re- member that a college edu- cetion is vital in today ' s A orld of complex careers. It takes identification of priorities to get where you want to go in the world. It tekes work. We need to learn to work first and play later.