I wondered what would happen to her. I simply couldn't imagine my frail, pallid, manicured roommate subjecting herself to the merciless agonies of P.E. 101. Sure, I talked to her about it, but she seemed quite unafraid. I pled with her to wait until her senior ye~r. "Four years on Harding chow and you can withstand anything!" I reasoned. Call it bravery, ignorance, peer pressure, even madness if you will; she quietly resisted all logic. Hadn't she heard the gruesome tales of evil and relentless coaches coercing the sick, the lame, even the asthmatic to press on? Knew she nothing of the list of P.E. 101 casualties ingraved in the sidewalk behind the new gym? Perhaps she did. but one fact is sure; she knew not the meaning of the word "sweat". Her powdered little face had not boasted a single glistening bead since that one sad occasion when she had no other choice but to carry her own suitcase up three flights of Cathcart stairs. Who knows where her Don Juan was; probably out hiring help to carry up the rest of her things. As I sat on my bed watching her unpack and wondering whv the north wind had not carried her off, I thought of another tactic. "Oh Susie, if you take P.E. 101 you'll have to eat!" Her thin, pale lips gasped in horror. "You can't make it without lots of healthy food." I had her; surely now she would back down. But, she paused, regained her composure, and smiled (she knew as well as I that no power could cause her tocommit the sinof gluttony. )For some reason she was almost too sure of herself. Fine then, we'd just wait and see. For several weeks I waited anxiously for signs of fatigue. I saw hoards of breathless freshmen wagging painfully around the track, (Wogging is a unique Harding term applied to the jog-walk routine assigned to the sadly underworked.) and I honestly wondered how she was going to make it. Now and then I would ask her how she was doing, bracing myself for a torrent of tears, but she always smiled sweetly, ignoring the condescension. I first became curious one morning when, late to chapel, we hurried up the Benson steps. She whimpered faintly and then proceeded to collapse .Ernest Ointon Magn.ess - Searcy, AR . Management. Transfer from the Univesity of ArkansasMonticello; Alpha Tau Epsilon, ICC representative; American Studies; Dean's List; Marketing Club; SAM. Hannah Kay Mahaffy - Jackson, TN. Office systems . Omega Phi, Devotional Director; Chi Delta Epsilon. Jose Mai - Coroza! Town, Belize. Mathematics education . Gary James Marnach - ewberg, OR. Mathematics. Alpha Tau Epsilon; Alpha Chi; College Bowl; College Republicans; Dean's List ; lntramurals; lntercolegiate Swimming; Searcy Steel Soccer Club. David Michael Martin - La Puente, CA . Bible. James Robert Martin - Vincennes, I . Biology. Karen Rae Martin - Rineyville, KY. Communication disorders . Laura Leigh Martin - Texarkana , TX. Elementary education . GATA; Dean's List; HUF; TECH . Vicki Neil Mart in - Sherwood, AR . Accounting. Sigma Phi Mu , Vice-president; American Studies; Dean's List; Delta Mu Delta; Pi Gamma Psi . Dawn Marie Mason - Tabernacle, NJ . Physical education . OEGE, Athletic Director; Alpha Chi; King's Men queen; Dean's Lsit; intercoll egiate Volleyball , Track, Basketball, Softball , All-AIC Track, Softball, All-American Track; Outreach; PEMM Club. Dawn Michele Mathews - Bellevue, NE. Communication disorders. GATA; Dactylology Club; Dean's List; Kappa Delta Pi; Student Speech and Hearing. Marvin Eugene Mathis - Auburn Hills, Ml. Management. David Corey Matthews - Sumerco, WV. Radio-television. Sherri Lee May - Phoenix, AZ . Office systems . Tamara Denene Mayberry - Benton, AR . Marketing. Kirei Na Ai, Secretary, ICC representative; Band, concert , marching; Marketing Club; May Fete attendant. 104 Shades of Seniors Running for headlong at the door, her heart fluttering so loudly that Dr. Ganus heard and came to help. Definitely not a sign of someone who has been engaged in weeks of exercise, I thought. My curiosity grew when we did laundry together and I saw not one article of sweat clothing in her wash. Suddenly it dawned on me that she didn't own any sweats. How could she? Her life consisted of ribbons and lace and silk - it would have been a physical impossibility for her to purchase an article of clothing with "perspiration" as a part of its description. A direct confrontation was the only solution to this mystery. "Susie," I began bravely, "I'd like to see your weekly activity sheet if you don't mind." I decided to stand firm for Susie's sake. her eyes welled up with tears as she produced the wrinkled paper. GUILT was written all across her pale face as she hung her head in shame. "Monday, November 26;' the paper read, "waited 32 minutes for the phone to ring - heart rate, 170 beats per minute. Tuesday, November 27, 20 minutes vigorous nail filing . Friday, November 31, searched frantically for missing room key - 43 '
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