1982 Miracle Yearbook

Another telephone problem for the stu- dents involved the pay phones. When a student decided to call dear old Mom and Dad (for more money, of course) or a sweetheart, everyone else decided to use the phones. After eleven o'clock and on weekends the students waited in line until the wee hours of the morning to use the phones. One of the biggest highlights of each quarter consisted of final exams. No, not because the students loved finals, but be- cause once finals were finished they could go home. Preparing to take finals required great concentration (and an abundance of prayer). The last two days students en- gaged in vigorous studying(cramming)to compensate for all the goofing off during the quarter. Many students stayed up the first night before finals to study or type a term paper. Then they slept all the next afternoon to recover from their morning finals, after which they began to cram again that night for the next day's finals. Also during the last two days, belong- ings had to be packed. Suitcases were stuffed with clothes, junk, and of course, dirty laundry for Mom. At the end of the year this even included squeezing every possession into the least amount of suit- cases and boxes as possible so they could be crammed into a car. During the two days of finals, students thrived on "survival kit" junk food sent by their parents to make up for the missed meals due to last minute studying. Those roast beef sandwiches, peanuts, potato chips, candy bars, sodas, and fruit kept many a student company into the wee hours of the morning while laboring over textbooks. Immediately after finishing their last fi- nal, students swarmed to the lobby of each dorm with suitcases, bags, and boxes to wait for their rides home. Tears were shed amidst the exchanging of ad- dresses and hugs as friends realized they probably would not see each other until Fall. When each car arrived, students crammed the trunks, back seat, and front leg area as much as possible then se- cured the extra luggage on the roof or tied it to the back. Once the students were finally home, they spent their summer in various ways — but all strived to recuperate after an exhausting year at college.