1982 Miracle Yearbook

However, spring fever wasn't the only epidemic that struck; influenza spread like wildfire. Students and faculty alike suffered from the achey "flu-bug." Get- ting sick while being away from home caused homesickness for many students. Roommates and friends accepted the maternal responsibilities of spoon feed- ing, administering medicine to, taking the temperature of, and tucking the "patient" in bed. Still, even all that tender loving care couldn't equal Mom's touch, and some teary-eyed students reverted back to sleeping with a teddy bear during times of sickness. From the very first day students con- fronted an awesome decision — to study or not to study. More often than not they decided, obviously, not to study. Occa- sionally, however, groupssnacked on piz- za in the dorm over a semi-intellectual discussion on an upcoming test. Then, after a half hour of listening to the stereo, laughing, and very strenuous studying, the exhausted group jumped into a car and headed to Young's Dairy Farm in Springfield for donuts to help them relax. Sometimes the more studious colle- gians stayed up the whole night studying, or writing and typing a term paper due the next day. Then they either fell asleep dur- ing all their classes the next day or simply stayed in bed because they could get the notes from their friends. One o'clock Saturday morning. A stu- dently slowly moved down the noise-filled hall (noise always filled the halls late into the night on weekends)dragging a heavy basket behind him. At the end of the hall he placed the basket behind five other baskets or bags in a line and returned to his room. Two hours later the same stu- dent appeared and, taking his basket in- side a room marked "Laundry Room," quickly stuffed clothes into a finally-emp- ty washing machine. This began the most critical part of doing laundry at college. Students perched atop washers and dry- ers, studying or sleeping on clothes in the corner, occasionally glaring at each other in a threatening fashion. As soon as a washer or dryer became empty, students jumped from their perches to be the first one to get a machine. Inside the laundry room students cared for themselves; no one became friends until they walked back out into the hall.