--------------------------------------------------------Sophomores------------~ "Hello" If Alexander Graham Bell had ever known the full impact of his invention on Harding University. we still might be using the Pony Express. The telephone - it rings, and rings across the campus of our small university. Among the telephone answerers spanning the campus, a phenomenon has developed. There are those males and fe·males who get their kicks out of answering in a way in which the caller is caught JOE COLLEGE, alias Kilroy, is floored because he got turned down for Friday and Saturday nights. totally off guard. Some of these "hellos" are startling. Some are humorous . Still others are just down~ right strange. There is the long-standing, classic answer for the freshman held up in Armstrong Dorm. The phone, if answered. will be picked UP. and then these words come racing over the wires to some unsuspecting parent or loved one. "Hello! This is your Armpit. May I help you?" Of course, there are other responses. A few. sweet Southern women turn their "hello" into "yellow." as if speaking to a Chinaman. Some males skip the social amenities and get right down to business by answering, "Whatta ya want?" A few confused aliens do their best. but Lori Brown - Bellflower, CA Daryl Bates - Portsmouth, VA Jeff Baughn - Columbus, OH Janel Bean - Oxnard, CA Beverly Bearden - Benton, AR Kelley Beaty - Falls Chu rch , VA Teresa Beers - Bedford, NH Bryan Beeson - N. Little Rock. AR Larry Bell· Mesqu ite, TX .Judy Bennell . Bartow, FL Bethany Bessent - Orange Park , FL Randy Belts · Memphis, TN Pattie Bible - Channelview, TX Diana Billingsley - Lemoore, CA Barry Blain - Panama City, FL Elizabeth Blake - Fayettevi lle, AR Kyle Blickenstaff - Boise, ID Jack Boersma - Booneville, AR KatriQa Bowling. Springdale, AR Suzanne Bowman· Newport, AR Ruby Bozarth · Berryv ille, AR Charles Bradley · Charlotte, NC James Bradley - Memphi s, TN Tony Bradley - Stilwell , OK Fred Brandow - Kansas City , MO Kerry Branum - Lathrop, MO David Brazzel - Sacramento, CA Anna Brenton · ,Greenfield, IN Theresa Brewer · Foley, AL Cynlhia Brightman - Lake Park, GA Donald Brooker· Gainesville, FL Bonnie Brown· Redlands, CA Judith Brown - San Jose, CA Leslie Buchanan· EI Dorado, AR FJ izabeth Bulman - Muscle Shoals, AL Kathy Burson - College Park, GA Ka thy Cage - Branson, MO Robert Cagle - McComb, MS Sheila Cagle - Leachville, AR Patti Caldwell - Tulsa, OK Linda Calvert - Missouri City, TX Peter Camp . Vincentown, NJ Sonia Caradine - Benton, AR Charles Casler· Mena, AR Trina Cartwright - Memphis, TN Brenda Caughron - Memphis. TN . Polly Chandler - Marietta, GA "'Brian Chism - Texarkana, TX Krisla Chism - Houston, TX generally wind up with only a "jello!" Big Bobby Stokes, a man who must have spent a demented childhood in front of the T.V" occasionally answers. " Batman and Robins', which of the dynamic duo do you need?" On the receiving end in the women's dormitory, an unsuspecting caller might be greeted by "Foxes Den - Head Fox speaking," or " Cathcart Hatchery which chick do you want?" Yes, there are all kinds of responses. Whether it be the conventional "hello, " "Kellar first," and "Smiths ' residence" or the not so conventional, the new wave of telephone answering seems to be here to stay. - Jimmy Allen 191 Aaron-Chism
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