University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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Dorms overflowed. People slept in halls, in lobbies, waiting for new pledges to move out and conditions to return to normal. Apartment hunting was the usual rat-race. ( I ' ve gotta find a roommate who can pay the whole deposit. I ' ve gotta get a place with a pool. I need somewhere under $78 a month with utilities paid, no lease, and a dishwasher. Forget it ) After the duplexes, dorms, houses and park benches were distributed, classes began. Is this Geology la? I don ' t think so. Try next door. He ' s crazy! 200 pages by Monday? What does he think we are? I got the last copy the bookstore had for $12.50. Why ' m I so thrilled about $12.50? Let ' s cut the lecture. We can pick up the notes from somebody else. A quiz, huh? Okay, you read the first half and I ' ll read the second. Friendliness, peace rank highly in dorms Which dormitory at the University of Arizona is the best according to the dorm-living students themselves? For the women, Coronado was rated tops if you ' re looking for private baths, and especially if you want peace and quiet for studying. Maricopa Hall was a close second for friendliness and pleasant facilities, carpeting, and no built-in furniture. Among men, Graham-Greenlee was rated first with friendliness and nice facilities. For location, Yavapai Hall was number one; and for having an atmosphere conducive to studying, Apache-Santa Cruz won. 23

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Fall activities broke the monotony. You going to the game? Who ' s it with this year, anyway? Uh. . .Auburn. Crush Auburn! 31 - 19! All right! Co! Go! Wildcats go, Arizona, bear down! New stadium. 57,000 people. Biggest in the state. October. Hey, I got a letter from Mom and Parents ' Day is next weekend. They ' re coming out! We better get this place cleaned up. Las Vegas Night. Cards, craps, roulette. Incredible luck at the poker table $10,250 in one hour. Play money. Oh, shit. Midterms. Already? I haven ' t gotten the book yet. All-nighters. Unexpected A ' s. Unexpected F ' s and D-slips. Maybe if I go home for the weekend they ' ll forget about it. Don ' t count on it. Let ' s go bar-hopping. Relationships clustering, breaking, re-forming, growing. Waking up with a lover instead of alone. I think I love you. Huh. . . what ' d ya say? Nothing, go back to sleep. A gets the brush; |y Frosh get the splash Whitewashing A Mountain was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Several hundred unsuspecting freshmen were stuffed into buses, cars, and trucks and were hauled up to A mountain, singing a rousing chorus of Bear Down Arizona. Upon their arrival, they tumbled out of the buses and SPLASH! were promptly welcomed with a bucket of whitewash. The whitewash dripped from their hair, soaked their shirts, sopped their jeans, and sloshed through their shoes. Freshmen quickly got into Action and revenge was sweet as they soaked their attackers. It seemed everything on the mountain was white, except the A . The Blue Key announced the A Day queen and ceremoniously crowned her with a pail of the ever-present white stuff. After returning to the University, the freshmen were grabbed, dragged, and thrown into the cool fountains near Old Main. They finally went back to dorms and homes, tired and sopping wet, but looking forward to the first football game of the season that evening against Auburn. IA freshman finds herself trapped by a Sopho and his bucket of white- wash. 2 Spur members Julie Files and Jane McLellan carry on the tra- ditional opening of A-Day activities by burning the A the night before. 3Avoiding whitewash splashes is a common problem for freshmen. 4 Old Main ' s fountain water is too good just to sit in after a day ' s work of whitewashing. 25