General opinion shows registration went smoothly.

     There is still a problem with the bookstore, crowded and out of some stock.

     Why not sell tickets to football games at reduced rate upon presentation of a student I.D. card?

Some resxidents in front of Seymour Cottage

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September  23, 1966

     Many of the students in Seymour Cottage are Engineering or Forestry majors, by and large serious minded.  These people have heavy reading loads.  This is reflected by the time they spend bent over their books.  As many as six people have been observed in the lounge reading during the evening, as late as midnight, but not much past this hour.  Knocking on doors to report phone calls, I have found both roommates studying.  The students' seriousness has been reflected in their choice of newspapers.  Three have subscribed to The New York Times.  None prefer a local newspaper.  Time and Newsweek have been observed in the incoming mail.  No Playboy, yet.

     Regarding incoming telephone calls, there have not been too many to date, however, this may increase as more people make friends and renew old acquaintances.  Only three or four people have close enough friendships to be called upon in person by members of the opposite sex.  These are probably carryovers from last semester; one of these has discussed marriage.  My advice

was to consider their parents' viewpoints, financial situation, and a possible interruption of college careers for both students.

     The cottage has observed the mandatory Quite Hours.  "If it can be heard, it is too loud," has been enough reinforcement.  Some of the students have well-planned stereo equipment which can get loud if unchallenged.  The only heated discussion thus far centered around academic matters.  Two students on the third floor were beginning to raise their voices.  An inquiry was made into the matter to discover what point required such forceful advertisement.  One man claimed his Radio-T.V. courses were more complex than the subject of Architecture.  It was pointed out to the two men that one found drawing interesting, while the other found dramatics easy.  Lowering his voice, the man interested in dramatics apologized.

     Our Social Chairman was upset over the requirement that both a male R.A. and a female R.A. would need to be present during scheduled open-house.  We know no female R.A.'s.  He thinks we could cope without one.

     Our sinks have separate outlets for hot water and cold water.  This has brought out the criticism that the sinks should have a joint outlet.  The students do not want to run the sink full of water to wash their faces.  They say it is unsanitary, but admit to the practice at home.

 

     The article in the Daily Orange on Thursday, September 22, about "The Pill" was scoffed at by the men in our cottage.  The residents doubt that sixty-five percent of Syracuse University female students use "The Pill."  First of all, they point out, these pills require a prescription.  Secondly, the men doubt that the Daily Orange staff could, would, can, or ever shall make a valid survey of this nature.  The response reflects a healthy attitude on the part of the students.  It is a mature man who will defend the honor of female students.

     A scorched wastebasket sitting outside the back door of the cottage reiterated the ever-present possibility of fire.  The incident was discussed with the probable owners of the wastebasket.  The circumstances countered somewhat the residents' pleas for locks on individual doors.

     The bookstore continues to draw attention to itself.  In the public schools textbooks are always on time for opening day.  Many students anticipated college would be at least as efficient as their public schools were.  Not having books available was made more apparent when professors began to distribute syllabi.

     Rainfall on Wednesday caused a run upon the bookstore's small supply of umbrellas.  Even the Marshall Street stores ran short of umbrellas.

 

     Eleven men have signed up for intramural football.  Four have entered their names for the Rifle Team.  This is nearly half the residents.  The interest in sports can be credited in part to the recently appointed Intramural Chairman.  He is enthusiastic for sports and can infect others with his drive.

     On Monday, September 19, a toilet on the second floor ran continuously for fifteen minutes until the pipe mechanism was struck a sharp blow with a stick.  The Security Police responded commendably.  An emergency maintenance man came promptly to the cottage and turned the toilet off, permanently.  Some water dripped through to the first floor lounge.  The maintenance man indicated his opinion that the sewer pipe should not have leaked from the toilet's running continuously.

     Friday, September 23, the Dormitory Office installed a mailbox in the cottage.  It has only twenty compartments to serve thirty five people.  This was overcome by grouping roommate names for each compartment.

 

September 30, 1966

     Two incidents marred the tranquility of the cottage this week.  Monday evening an Individual expressed himself by causing all the lights to blink on the front side of the cottage,  He achieved this by installing a time‑delay device behind the Light bulbs on the first, second, and third floor lamps in the rooms nearest the front of the cottage,  The spectacle drew a crowd of ten or twelve people across the street.  Seymour blinked like a Christmas tree for about five minutes.

     A more serious note was sounded Thursday evening at 5:30 P.M. when I went to a room to admonish a man for having left his tray on the table in Shaw Dining Hall.  A young lady was found in the room, a violation of University rules.  After rather strained introductions she left, somewhat earlier than her friends expected.  Actually she had been present for only about one minute, because the people concerned left Shaw Dining Hall immediately before I did.

     Wednesday evening Seymour beat Sibley 13‑0 in football.  Our average this season is better than the University's.

 

     One of the residents is learning to play the guitar.  Unable to resist tuning it for him, I found myself surrounded by a banjo player, completely equipped with a well-tuned banjo, and accompanied by an assortment of singing volunteers,  They had a songbook of folk songs.  We went to the basement and carried on with great enthusiasm, after sending a monitor back to the first floor.  He reported the noise level was acceptable, but did not rule on the talent,  The next day one of the residents said he would like to set up his drums and join the group In the future.  This has possibility.

     With the requirement to have the outside doors locked, some people have recommended doorbells should be installed.

     No big complaints about the food in Shaw Dining Hall.  When I hear any comments, I begin to describe food in military service.  Of course the number of salads needed is miscalculated by the dining hall, but not often.  Service is slow sometimes, especially around noon when many students get out of class about the same time.  Some thought might be given to the problem of second helpings.  People coming back for seconds make the rush hour even slower.

 

     I have noticed people wanting second helpings generally do not eat all the items offered.  These are meat and potatoes men.  If they would eat the salads, fruits, and desserts, they would possibly be comfortable without second helpings.  It might be too harsh to require second helpings include fruit and vegetables.

     One resident noticed the "Complete Works of T.S. Eliot" sells for $6.95 at the Corner Bookstore, while the same book costs only $4.95 at the Main Book Store.

     One of our residents had his wallet stolen while returning from Albany by bus last Sunday Evening.  He lost his meal card, I.D. card, and eleven dollars.

     The shower on the second floor combines with the urinal to overflow into the first floor.  The residents say it did this last semester.  This is the same probable source of our water problem reported last week.

 

October 7, 1966

     Condition of the Cottage - The bathtub on the first floor drains so slowly you are ankle deep in water when finished showering.  Work Orders reported this September 9 and September 29.  Water draining from the second floor shower backs up into the urinals in that bathroom.  This combines to flood into the first floor hallway.  This condition existed last semester.  This problem was reported by Work Order September 30.  Both problems are still with us.

     Discipline - The two students who were found to have a girl in their room were given a month's probation by Student Court.

     Library - The Main Library has very noisy steam pipes.

     Programming - The House President elected Sunday Evening, October 2, has launched a campaign to purchase a T.V. set for the lounge.  He is also examining the feasibility of getting a water fountain for the cottage.  The students have discussed several types of fountain and seem to favor the bottled-water type.

 

     Strike of Building and Gerunds Personnel - While standing in line for the noon meall at Shaw Dining Hall, Wednesday, October 5, I was asked to sign a petition favoring the strike, that will be published in The Promethean.  Some students who signed it said they did it with the specific opinion the Building and Gerunds employees should have the right to representation in the Syracuse Labor Council.  General opinion about the strike is this.  The people concerned with the problem have all the facts, have both the University's and Workmen's interests in mind, are not playing a waiting game, and will solve the problem in the best interest of all concerned.  As usually happens in these situations, everyone has an opinion and expresses it in many forms before the thing is settled.

     Dean of Men Visits Shaw Dining Hall - When asked to sign the petition at noon Wednesday, I declined because I felt a Resident Advisor should remain impartial.  Dean Tatham and Mr. Harrar were just ahead of me in the line.  The students were pleased to see the Dean and Mr. Harrar having lunch at Shaw.  None can remember anyone from the Dean's office having lunch in the students' dining facilities.  They feel this is a good idea.  It demonstrates the Dean's interest in everything that affects students.

 

October 15, 1966

     Condition of the Cottage - Immediately after the strike was settled, our plumbing was repaired.  The workmen were at the cottage promptly on Tuesday.  The third floor shower has become popular.

     Programming - The cottage had open house Friday, 7:30-10: P.M.  Several residents showed slides they had taken during the summer.  Two especially interesting were a trip to Europe and a logging camp in Maine.  The student who went to Europe took advantage of the flight to Paris sponsored by the University.  He left the States three days after school ended, toured Europe with his brother, and returned on the same flight arrangements three days before school began this fall.  He made about two hundred slides taken hitch-hiking in France, England, Wales, Scotland, Holland, and Germany.  The audience was very interested in the travel arrangements, cost, and so forth.  They were pleased to learn that Youth Hostels are to be found everywhere in Europe.  This student may have done something to stimulate tourism.  The slides from Maine were taken by a Forestry student who spent his summer working as a tree marker for a paper company.  He had about a hundred slides, which demonstrated the art of tree farming, logging, and life in the north woods during the summer.  Half our students will log and half will tour Europe next summer.

 

     Fraternities - We have some residents who were once in fraternities and some who are waiting for space in fraternity houses.  These people have a different attitude from other students.  They swagger into the cottage talking loudly.  They yell up and down the corridors.  They act as if this is a place to sleep, compared to those who act like it is a place to live.  We may have erred when a fraternity man was appointed Social Chairman.  He made very little effort to register the Open House in one very important respect.  It was necessary to secure a female Resident Advisor from the Dean of Women's office.  The House President accomplished this.  The Social Chairman procrastinated and reported her name late.  He didn't have a date that night.  Two fraternity men showed off for the benefit of the R.A. from the Dean of Women's staff.  One of the men appeared to be one beer ahead of his friend and decided to test the fire extinguisher.  His friend then squirted him.  Practicing our very best diplomacy, we congratulated the two men for volunteering to mop the floor during Open House.  One of the seniors had his date here, but soon left with her.  In fact, none of the fraternity men brought their dates to Open House.  I may be observing a very special type of fraternity man, and I may be too subjective.  But sometimes I wonder if fraternities are motivated to get an education, or if they are just fun-loving boys.  Perhaps these fellows see Syracuse University as one big summer camp.

 

October 21, 1966

     Condition of the Cottage - A dog died last week.  No one mourned the loss.  The owner was under a twenty-four hour ultimatum to rid the cottage of that foul beast anyhow.  He had mothered it since the cottage opened this fall.  At first he kept it chained to the back doorstep.  This created a mess, which required some anxious broken-field walking.  Often in the dark, on a drizzly Syracuse night, a resident could be heard to complain loudly.  One fine day a delegation approached their respected R.A.  Solve the problem.  How?  Make him unchain that pup.  The owner obliged.  But his demonstration of concern fouled the air of this cottage.  He had removed the animal to his room.  It was sufficiently housebroken to appreciate the many uses of our local newspaper.  But afterwards, its master placed the wadded papers in our cottage trash cans.  This stank.  Now the delegation was serious.  To clear the air, an ultimatum was rendered.  Take that dog to the farthermost reaches of Onondaga County.  Meantime, the poor thing had caught pneumonia while chained to the back doorsteps all those miserably damp nights.  It died in the vet's office.  Then the grief stricken owner did a noble thing.  At 4:00 A.M. one morning he laundered the befouled trashbags.

 

     Programming - An art student had a studio in the basement last semester.  He now has a position at the campus art studio and does not need the studio at Seymour.  One of our residents is interested in photography.  He is taking courses in Radio and T.V.  Until this year his cumulative grade average had been very low.  In fact, he was only recently removed from academic probation.  The R.A. has encouraged him to convert the art studio in the basement into a photographic darkroom.  He spent six hours one evening cleaning the room.  Now he awaits the arrival of equipment he has ordered.  This man has found himself in the communication arts.  He produces very tasteful photographic studies, traveling the length of the campus and about the city looking for ideas.  Because he has struggled hardest of any resident to succeed academically, we feel the proposed darkroom in the basement will provide a meaningful experience.  Many incidents recorded in his Student Folder testify that he surely does have imagination.  We hope some of his creative ability will be channeled into socially accepted pursuits.

     House Meeting - At the meeting last Sunday, the residents vetoed buying a T.V. set.  Many reasons were given.  Most prominent was the fear it would disrupt study.  A new Social Chairman was elected at the request of the incumbent who is too busy serving on Student Court to be our Social Chairman.

 

     Food Service - Our representative attended the meeting Wednesday at Shaw Dining Hall.  Setting up a separate facility to serve second helpings would be inappropriate in the dining area, he was told.  It was strongly recommended that students point out any complaints, then and there, such as undercooked hot dogs.

 

October 29, 1966

     Condition of the Cottage - Last week's inspection by the Dorm Office didn't find as many discrepancies as the previous inspection.  On other occasions the Dorm Office had remarked about a motorcycle being repaired in the basement.  This week the basement was rated OK.  This is probably a tacit recognition that the basement is acceptable, because the bike is in a large unused space and the student performing the repairs is very neat.

     Programming - Last Sunday afternoon two or three students cooked some meat over a wood fire in the backyard.  They built the fire on the concrete apron near the entranceway to the basement, in such a manner as not to endanger the building.  They didn't create a mess, and very carefully swept up the evidence.  I am told they tensed up several times during the cookout when they heard sirens from various emergency vehicles.  They were probably of the opinion that the local fire company was on its way to Seymour Cottage.

 

     Intramural Sports - The Rifle Team competed Wednesday evening against Watson West I, and was beaten by the score of 150 to 123.  Four men from the cottage participated in the match, which was held in the Men's Gym.  Two of the members had attended other colleges or universities and had some comments on the range facilities.  Comparing these facility with their other schools, they said Syracuse had fewer firing points, with less space on each point.  Rifles which were of lower quality, and the spectator and waiting areas were cramped.  Overall, it was not up to the standards of other institutions.

     Items of Useless Information - Friday night the R.A. went to see a Country-Western musician perform at Memorial Auditorium.  It was Ferlin Husky from Nashville, Tennessee.  There is some truth to the saying that you can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy.  That Country-Western pickin' and singin' did this here old country boy's heart good.  I almost feel like studying for next week's mid-term exams.

 

November 4, 1966

     Profiles of Cottage Residents - Self-assured individual who can hold his own in conversations about travel in Europe, Fine Arts, Literature, History, Political Science, and relate these to daily events.  Smokes a pipe.  Makes a good cup of coffee.  Wins awards for academic achievements.  Is consulted by other students in his classes.  When he is not studying or discussing his studies, he ushers at concerts.  Clean cut, well-dressed, polite, chivalrous, kind to old ladies and dogs.  Epitome of a Yankee Gentleman.  Compare him to a person who talks long and loud in a fake accent, who's sole aim in life is to get "psyched," leaves the lounge messy, challenges passers-by in a loud voice, "Hey, you going to the Dingleman?"  (Dingleman is a colloquialism for a mobile sandwich seller who drives his van slowly through the neighborhood while ringing a bell.)  Gets upset when no one will bring him a snack from the Dingleman.  Puts up a good imitation of a grown man, has sufficient man-like hormones to sprout whiskers, but not enough good judgement to act the part.  Makes a very good effort to prove that Yankees are more loud-mouthed than Texans (if that is possible).  America, take heed.  These men are your future leaders.

 

     Programming - Seymour held Open House last Sunday from 2:30 until 5:30 P.M.  Some of the students and their dates had a sort of cook-out in the backyard, following last week's method.  They prefer their meat broiled over a wood fire.  Seems it would be nicer to have a charcoal burner.

     Resident Advisor Bulletin - There was not much in the Bulletin for October 1966.  This is an important vehicle of communications.  Why can't someone say something more stimulating in it?

     Unipalateramism -  I give up.  Seymour Cottage gives up.  If it doesn't give up soon, I will go out of my mind guessing.  What is it?  (1996 update, thirty years later.  I never did find out.)

     Exotic Dating Practices - Last week The Promethean advised some unique methods of making out (their words).  Some residents have discussed the practice of sitting in a Salvation Army box all night, drinking beer with a girl.  An undercurrent of experience permeated the tale.  Some hazards are involved.  What if the Salvation Army makes its weekly pickup and hauls away all garments therein, including the two beer drinker's?  Then an old lady makes a deposit, just as the conversation is reaching a climax.  She'd faint if a nervous hand grabbed her offering and said, "Thank you, madam."

 

November 11, 1966

     Profile of Residents (continued)

     "RRRing," rang the telephone.

     "Hello, this is Seymour Cottage," someone answered.

     "Yes, your son, The Student, is here.  One moment, please."

     "Hello.  Yes, this is he.  What!?  Jumping around!?  Now, look!  Right . . .   No . . .  I tell you, I don't need a haircut!"

     "That was my father on the phone!  He watched the Penn State football game!"  This was the son, The Student, standing accused by his father of appearing on national T.V. needing a haircut.

     Condition of the Cottage - Our pay telephone breaks down and eats dimes.  The maintenance man re-staples the lead-in wire to the wall.  The telephone works for a week.  It takes this long for nervous wire-puller persons to pull loose the wire.  Then the man comes back to re-staple the wire to the wall.  We took a survey.  More than half the people want a telephone.  These same people agree to roar at the wire-puller-loosers.  (Loosers, or losers?)  Trashbag carryer-outers reflect the trend for America's future leaders, who will seek to avoid work.  Shall we be true to the principle that those who deserve respect should be respected, and those who don't aren't?

 

     Morale - Mid-terms are causing much weeping, wailing, gnashing of teeth, and soul searching.  Some are considering switching major areas of concentration.  Some are planning to avail themselves of the opportunities offered by the Psychological Services and Research Center.  Wouldn't it be a letdown feeling to have the Center tell you the thing you are flunking is the best career for you?

     Programming - During the past couple of weeks a sculptor and a photographer have improved the lounge.  The sculptor is also an artist.  He didn't leave his work on display too long, because his paintings were due for submission to his instructor.  His sculpting was functional.  It was a model fuel tank for a motorcycle.  This has possibility.  Why couldn't a sculptor design "chopper" motorcycles?  The photographer will leave his creations on display during Parent's Weekend.  This man has talent.  His efforts to make the world believe he is a rough, impolite, loud, carefree individual are overshadowed by the feelings conveyed in these photographs.  He proves that the seed of genius germinates in the soil of imagination.

 

November 18, 1966

     Condition of the Cottage - The First Inspector complained about motorcycles in the basement.  Mr. Harrar said those being repaired could remain until fixed.  Serviceable machines may not be in the basement, because their fuel tanks constitute a fire hazard.

     Morale - On November 15 we found the front door to Shaw Dining Hall locked.  One of the residents had been waiting outside for about a half hour.  He said it was like that every morning.  A special report was made to Mr. Pufky.  Later inquiry indicates the door is now open when it is supposed to be.

     Programming - Photography displayed by one of the residents created much interest over Parent's Weekend.

     Work Orders - The Dorm Office has responded promptly to all Work Orders.  They were especially nice to have replaced our worn out throw rug at the front entrance.  When our piano stool grew tired of living on three legs, the Dorm Office replaced it with a straight-back chair.  We did like the stool better.  It came in very handy in the telephone booth.

 

December 3, 1966

     Fund Raising - Last Monday a gentleman dropped into the cottage to request we call a special house meeting in order for someone to make an appeal for the Syracuse Student's Fund for Florence Relief.  He left a letter (which I forwarded with this report).  I am against calling special house meetings to raise funds.

     Resident Advisor's Bulletin - The Bulletin for November 1966 asked for comments and criticisms from readers.  I feel this is the kind of article we need.  The recent one by Mr. Lippmann reminds us of the purpose of the University.  More articles outlining the purpose of various institutions would be of interest.  Such articles give the Resident Advisor a base from which to argue if called upon to defend an institution, person, place, or thing.  The Bulletin might be an excellent place for Resident Advisors to get to know each other.  Perhaps we could each of us write a short biography for inclusion in subsequent issues.  The Dean of Men's staff might also do the same.  People enjoy reading about people.

 

December 9, 1966

     Dining Hall - We must pass through Shaw Lounge to enter Shaw Dining Hall.  It is being painted.  The smell is bad.  They should have done that work during the summer.

     Academics - I reported earlier about students who were disappointed with mid-term grades and sought help from Psychological Testing.  It was speculated some would find they are presently in the field for which they are best suited.  It happened.  A Chem Eng major was thinking about dropping Chemistry.  His results show he is best qualified in Chemistry.  What is he to do?  Try even harder.

     Condition of Cottage - The cold weather requiring more heat brought out some interesting symptoms in the steam pipes.  Some rooms clank.  Others gurgle.  Some students thought the University was removing the cottage in the middle of the night.  All of us know the building is temporary.  That dreadful clanking made us wonder if the time had come.  The Resident Advisor's room began to sound like a boiler factory.  That did it.  A work order went in.  Then the weather turned warm.  Will the weather turn cold before the clank has been removed?

     Motorcycles in the Basement - For the first time this semester the lady from the Dorm Office rated the basement totally OK.  The motorcycles have fled elsewhere.

 

     Academics (continued) - A Radio and T.V. student organized half a dozen residents to rehearse his four-minute, sixteen-second play.  Most of the evening was spent getting the hired help to stop laughing.  When presented for a grade, the instructor fell out laughing.  The student received a strong B for the play.

 

December 16, 1966

     Condition of the Cottage - Last Friday afternoon the R.A. was away from the cottage, with permission.  Three men had a feast of peanut butter and jelly in the lounge.  One man requested the peanut butter be passed.  A glob was flung to him.  He retaliated by flinging a glob of jelly back.  This glob of jelly hit the third feasting man.  A free-for-all of flinging peanut butter and jelly started.  They flang, flang, and flang the stuff.  It was all over the furniture, rug, chairs, in the hallways, bathrooms, and in all public areas.  The other residents demanded the place be cleaned.  All the foregoing is hearsay, told to me by one of the angry residents.

     It was about supper time when I got back, so I went to eat.  A few blobs still needing cleaning up.  The three flingers promptly removed them.  The next day they cleaned the rug.

 

     The three men were on their way to a formal dance Saturday night, so I didn't delay them.  I sat in the lounge until they got back, about one o'clock in the morning.  Some angry residents were waiting with me.  We held a meeting on the spot.

     I began, "I will not live with people who fling peanut butter and jelly all about the cottage.  You'll have to move."

     They replied, "But, we don't want to move."

     Complain.

     Negotiate.

     Justify.

     Counter-complain.

     "Complainers.  Do you want to move?" I asked.

     "No."

     More negotiating.

     Complaining.

     Counter-complaining.

     "Then you will learn to live together with no peanut butter flinging, nor jelly flinging, nor complaining," I advised the residents.

     Grumble.

     Negotiate.

     Counter-grumble.

     This went on until 5:00 A.M.

 

     No one wants to move.  All are still speaking.  Peanut butter and jelly are not being flung.

     The Resident Advisor had a six-aspirin headache when he woke up sunday morning.

     Conclusion - Seymour Cottage definitely does need a Resident Advisor, a great big, mean one, on duty full-time.  He can never, ever go sight-seeing on friday afternoon.

 

January 5, 1967

     Morale - Whoever thought up the policy of Christmas Vacation is to be congratulated.  It is refreshing.  In san Antonio (my home) the grass is green, birds sing, people smile.  I disembarked from the airplane at Syracuse Airport behind the world's largest snowbank.  What happened to this weather?  This is weather?

     Academics - Quite a shock to return from vacation and realize that finals are week-after-next.  Most everyone did a whale of a lot of reading while at home, including a certain Resident Advisor.  With a little luck and some all-nighters we may make it past exams.  I know of no one in a total state of shock in this cottage.

 

     Condition of the Cottage - Jerry Saltman, Resident Advisor at Tilden Cottage, graciously closed and opened Seymour for us over Christmas Vacation.  While we were gone, maintenance refurbished the furniture in the lounge.  We had the only couch on campus with three cushions.  Now we have a standard six-cushion couch.  New cushions were provided for other chairs where needed.  The cleaning people were very thorough.  Someone sprayed the place.  Now it smells of incense.

     Best New Year's Pun - Let's all take an overdose of LSD and donate blood to the bloodmobile, so we can spread the joy.

 

January 13, 1967

     Academics - No.  They couldn't do it.  Make a firm exam schedule and stick to it.  Printed one for the Fall Semester.  Everyone depended on it.  Bought airplane tickets home, and everything.  Now they've lived up to their reputation.  They made a mess of fifteen thousand plans.  This Resident Advisor finishes his last exam at 5:00 P.M. on the 25th of January (and will leave town shortly thereafter).

 

     Condition of the Cottage - Not satisfied to destroy Seymour Cottage's image by replacing our three-cushion sofa with a new set of cushions, making it a standard six-cushion model.  The Dorm Office also brought us a shiny new six-cushion sofa with white cushions.  They even brought another overstuffed easy chair.  Doggoned if that lounge isn't getting right pretty.  Fellow could even bring his date there these days.

     Room Assignments - Attached list is accurate as to rooms occupied by whom.  No changes are contemplated for the coming semester.  No one graduates, no one transfers, no one quits (hopefully), furthermore, they wish to remain in these rooms wherein they are now occupying.

 

January 20, 1967

     Final Report - This will be my last report, because I graduate this month.  My final exam is January 25.  I leave Syracuse for good, just as soon as I turn in the Blue Book.

     New Resident Advisor - Residents are anxious to learn who will be their new R.A.  I have achieved personal identification with most of them.  The attribute most desired in the next R.A. is "Somebody we can talk to."  I admit chewing the fat comes easy to me.  After about three bull sessions I had learned most of their names.  No doubt my Texas drawl caused them to stop and get acquainted.

 

     Well, anyhow, these folks are no different from those down home.  Just talk awhile and whatever is bugging them will come out.

     It has been a satisfying experience.  I appreciate greatly all the patience shown me by the Dean of Men and his staff.

     Sorry about all those dogs and motorcycles.

     I will drop by and say "hello" if I come through Syracuse again.

     Times surely are changing.

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