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The mattress was so hard that my aching back, from the long drive, just hurt all the more. I just flopped from position to position, sitting up every once in a while to check the time and rearrange quitely, snug between a blue and white envelope And then there was :·::-:. :·;>.·.. :::·.::::•: ~ ·~ College Church bulletin - a proverbial always that mysterious ,;,, • ..:·.. • ··~·· • -'' p and a chapel warning. It "whitewashed tomb,'' in- call that no one claimed. ...·. ·~ • "· was an easy thing to side of which hid many It was usually between 12 distinguish that day from dead men's bones. and 17 cents, often a Litall others by the But each month our tie Rock call, and snuck mailroom sighs and phone bills brought into our bills without our And phone bills weren't our biggest mysteries - for instance, the strange vanishment of those lean , blue credit-card phones raised many puzzled eye brows, as did the reduction of coin rates by half to ten cents . The phone bill was not exorbitant. Indeed, it was a well-paid luxury - for those who could literally "count the trepid shuffles. It was the strange foreign mysteries notice, casting wonderday the phone bill arrived into our lives and our ment and awe our way. and its coming, though a dorm rooms. No one Again, we trusted the surprise to no one, could quite understand phone company and the wrought monthly terror why the tenets of call would be at last in many young hearts. economics required sen- claimed by the roommate Phone bills were, in ding two phone bills each who probably didn't the words of senior month - the phone bill place the call. David Dearin, a plus the out-of-state long- In the end, the phone "necessary evil." The distance bill - but the bill was a pleasant alterphone company shrouded phone company was ob- native to the pay phone the unwelcomed monthly viously flourishing and - which, in many abjudicator in the inno- we gave them ~he benefit dorms, no longer existed. the covers. Finally, about three o'clock, I dozed off; my covers were in disarray, and I was in a mess, but I was asleep. When my alarm sounded at the unearthly hour of seven o'clock, I audibly groaned as I tried to move out of the cramped position I had briefly slept in. My stiff neck, aching back, and spinning head refused to cooperate when I tried to rise off the mattress. "I even became more miserable when I realized I had to sleep on that plank for roughly the next nine months. The mattress hardly even compared to my bed at home. There I had a queen-sized waveless water bed that adjusted to my every move. I wasn't accustomed to adjusting to the bed. The exGive me a "break." Darren Matthews, a sophomore from Fullerton , GA , tries in vain to adjust to a twin size bed. After leaving their waterbeds and king-size beds at home, many students found it hard to adjust to the standard Harding bed. - photo by Bill Tripp. perience was enough to make me wonder if sleep would ever come easily again for me. However, as the nights wore on and on, sleep did come a little easier for me. I fell asleep faster and I woke up less stiff. Yet I wonder if sleep came because I was so tired, or if I really did adjust to the wooden plank Harding calls a mattress. I guess I'll find out when I eventually return to my wonderful water bed. - Sharon Bowles February 1987, was an unusually great month because Harding was blessed with an outstanding cafeteria worker. Lynne Van Winkle, mother of two, joined the Heritage cafeteria staff and began working in late February after moving to Searcy in November with her husband. She came to the cafeteria with 14 years experience in a nursing home where she enjoyed talking to the patients and trying to please them. Now she works on the other end of the spectrum - college students. However, she does enjoy working with students cost." - Bill Everett because "I just love the people and the atmosphere. All the people treat me really nice - that's why I like it!" Her smile, which seems to be constantly on her face, is what makes her stand out from the crowd. "Smiling just covers all other aspects of anyone's life. It doesn't matter if your tall, short, skinny or fat , if your smiling, people will just notice that. Also if you smile at people they will usually smile back." She hopes to work with Harding for a long time because "I love Harding and I don't like changes," she said. Service with a smile! Lynn VanWink/e gives her trademark smile as she goes about her job in the cafeteria. - photo by Bill Tripp.
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