stuff, or something that can't be washed; not to mess up beds. We just try to stick with fun pranks." At first the stereo system of a neighbor was a problem, but John and his friend devised a code: "I beat on the wall three times if the stereo is too loud and they usually turn It down. We had a little problem with that this semester, but we managed to work it out. We got a little bit upset when they'd wake us up at 7:00 in the mor· ning when we didn't have a class until 9:00 ." Perhaps because the curfew on the men's dormitories Is more laxly enforced, John did not have much problem ad· justing to the curfew when he came to Harding. "We just always put that we have late permission and sign 'Caesar Augustus' and just walk in. They never check it anyway. You find that out the first semester." While life in the "Armpit," as it is nicknamed by its residents, required some adjustment, John thought that freshmen who did maneuver their ways into upperclassmen dormitories their first year at Harding, missed something. "Living in a freshman dorm is kind of like pledge week," he said. "It's an experience and you need to go through it. Then you can sym· pathize with the incoming fresmen next year." "Cathcart Is a step between living at home and living away," commented freshman Barbara Rice. Having lived in Cathcart one semester, Bar· bara moved into Kendall spring semester. "KendaU was one of the cheaper dorms," she said, "but to me ifs a lot quieter than Cobb and Cathcart and the rooms are friendlier than New Dorm and Stevens. We have more group devotionals. The phones in the other dorms keep people apart more , and its more of a cold atmosphere." Kendall shares a plight com· mon to several of the other dorms . Not wired for private telephones in the rooms, one phone is shared by an entire wing. "At night It's really hard to get a call through ." West Dorm, more commonly known as New Dorm, is one of the few residence halls that is allowed to have private telephones. However, Beth Stanfill, who lives on the se· cond floor of New Dorm, does not feel that they have hindered interaction of the residents. "Each individual wing has its own personality," she said. "The people feel a lot more like upperclassmen here." Beth liked the rooms of New Dorm more than those of Cathcart, where she previously lived, because "the beds are made better and I like the way the rooms are constructed. The only drawback is that It is a little farther to walk. But the rooms offset the inconvenience ." Whereas the wings in Ken· dall have their own per· sonalities, so does Grad Singles. Grad Singles is the only hall on campus that has rooms made for just one person . Paul Parten, a sophomore from Houston, Texas, moved to 1. INDEPENDENCE, or at least a measure 0/ it, can be gained by living "off campus" in college-owned housing. The residents of Berryhill House, clockwise /rom /ront , are Greg Nance, Steue Smith, Ricky . Sawyer, David Enlow, Don Thurman, Tommy Deason and Al Wright. 2. WHILE the Bahamas may be more fun, reading a text· book proves to be a late-night necessity for freshman Catherine Jackson. 3. KENDAll resident Lisa Pratt brushes her hair before stepping out of the dorm. 4. MELODIES fill the north stairwell of Keller Hall as Scott Clark strums his guitar and sings. Owen Whit· tington and Mike Roden stop on the third /loor landing to listen in . Lifestyles ~ 33
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