From Harbin to Houses There's not many ways of getting out of it. Unless one transfers to Harding or has an older brother or sister or good friend who is willing to claim him as a roommate, he will probably live in a freshman dorm. The biggest adjustment to making Cathcart , Paltie Cobb or Armstrong one's home was the situation at the beginning of the fall semester when fresh32 ~ Lifestyles men were cramped three to a room. In the fall of 1978, housing recorded 147 rooms that were shared by three occupants. "The room was a decent size ," recalled freshman John Vlahakis, a resident of third 1I00r Armstrong, "but when you get three people in there and try to get to class at the same time in the morning, it's a problem. Two other guys were in the adjoining suite, so that made five of us. That was an adjustment. It was awkard. It was like everything was somebody else's and you didn't want anybody to use yours. You had to get in the hang of sharing things. " Armstrong, Cathcart and Pattie Cobb are the three of the oldest dormitories on campus, and they are not equipped with air conditioners. For $35 a semester, a student can have a window air conditioner installed to help fight the humid Arkansas heat characteristic of the early fall and late spring semesters. The reasoning of the administration for grouping freshman in the same dormitories is logical. Without the acadmic burdens of a declared major to be concerned with, occupants of freshman dorms tend to be more rowdy than other campus housing residents. "We had to set down rules when we had shaving cream fights ," commented John. "We said we wouldn't destroy anything we felt good about, like some of our club
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