R. G.

Taylor
4I01t Montrosc
Houston, Texas 77006

A O-ITqSTION
OT InEASON f,N rIIE FACUI,TT I,OUNGE?
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Thc offlolous slgn on thc largc il*"t d.oor stated. ln bold typc: nAuth-

orlzcd. Pcrgonncl 0nl,y.tr Tb.e nunb"r oo:t}re oloscd. portal slnply llstccl 582
ln nlnpfe Letterlng. Iaughter and. eonvlvlal talk vlbratccl from thc cn-

oLosurc. And. strong, pleasant snelLs flllcd the haLlway Leadlng fron thc

oloseal d.oorway. Thc entranoe d.oorway opcncd. wlth a trenenclous squeek that

announcea 6r haukcd the arrlval of anotb,cr aoailcnlcLan. The brcw of ooffce

f t lL e d t h e o b l o n g ro o a w l th l ts scant of fr eshlly gr ound. beans; th c c offee

nncctar for
r: rn p e r k e d lts b u b b l e s a n i l ctl s ttl- Ied lts Julces - - the god.s of

O ly n p u s , a L L kn o w l n g rn o n cc statcd. an envlous studcnt standlng ani l l c c r l ng

at thc doorway. Thc clolsterecl lounge had lts own spcclal atmosphcrc for

the teachers to rclar bricfly bctwccn thclr olasscg. Thc elongatcil ohambcr

or roon hacl a coffce-bar-dlvlct.cr ln the mtddLa -- snall aozy arcas ulth

trnrsons tabl-es and oonfortabLe upholstereil chalrs Juttetl from thc nala

sotgcc of the Jovlal gatherlngs -- thc a6or blcnded ancl nlxecl, nlxcd waII

papcr strlps o n to p a i n te ct stu ooo as a oolor coor dlnated m otif lnto a thc -

natlc c o n c c p t o f p a stcl o o l o rs and gocnlc vlews appcar lng as a contl nul ty

(Grandc Canyon and. Roy.a1 Gorrgc aerlal-vlew posters ilonlnated the plo-

torial wall sccncs that appeareil ln aagl,es to catch tbe Ught beams Llkc

nakcd. hurnan legs suspcncled.on the waltr); buttcrflles palnted wlth cye

shapetl wlngs watohecl over the.oasual settlng Like nuteil Uetngs ln olose

attcndancc. A tatl attend.ant cllreoted. thc mlxlng of the brew: thc burners

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on an cLcctrlc sto vc ke p t w a rn thc ooffcc clccanter g and also hcatedl c ov -

c rc d p o t s o f h o t n a te r b o 1 L 1 n g to r nke tca ancl hot ohocol- ate. Adld'l e, the

at t e n d a n t , k ep t th e ro o m cl e a n and. or d.cr ly as wcIl as v,ashcil thc c offc e

cups -- w a s h cd a l l th c p e rso n al cups, cvGn all- the glazcd. per sonaLl z c c l c ups .

Addte kcpt ttre pLace, hcr room as shc ao ofton statcd., imnaculate and ln-

p e o o a b l e - - cL e a n Ju st l -l ke a t honc; A( tdle wdr c a unlfor m Just r lgh t for

the oocaslon: vutrlte antt antlseptlo llke a profcsslonal- nurs€ whcn shc cleanccl

t he t a b l e s , o h a l rs, o o u n te rs andl floor sr or to cLcansc anil illslnfec t thc

Iaitlcs roon; Addllc ohangeil her attlrc oftcn, cstpcclal,ly to scrve thc norc

f o rm a l n T e a s a n i t C o ffccsn th a t thc oolLegc sponsor cil as offlclal func tl ong.

A d d l e d r e s s c il a p p ro p rl a te l y i n color iul but talLor cil styled unlfor m s for

each cvent -- sh c, th u s, e xp e oted anil got the sanc cxaotltude fr om c v er y onc

c ls c , f o r Aa d l c re i g n ci l su p rcme ovcr the faculty loungc. Addle stooc l fi r n

as shc obscrved. the dcneanor of her room vrlth aLl lts rclaxcd ancl
or crcct
th a t d l d not Just happen by aocident: plann l ng and
h a p p y s o u n d . s , ch a ttcr,

c o o r d . i n a t l o n o f sn a l l i te ta l l -s mad.eal- I thls happlness take place l n a pr opc r

settlng. Anil Addle knew hcr Job weLL,:,io"HL*t knew the Job iiescrlptlons

of othcr emPloYecs, W tn" scheal.ulesof the varlous

to have readr.y thc spiced tea or coffrer tca or Just prain

teachcrs rn ordcr
cxactly, for thc partlou]'ar
ordinary hot chocol-ate -- aLl reacly ancl walttngr

p e d a n t r s p r e fe rcl l ccr n Ju st a m atter of acadcm lcsr n Acr d!- cwould. oftc n r ep]- y

when conprinentod. for creatlng thts happy ancl cozy atnrospherc in the )-ounge.
upon ttsclf, fron the pungent smeLrs
frre atnosphere in the roungc butrt
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of the eoffee bar to the laughter cnlnatlng from Jokes or the small talk --

or t h a g o s s lp -- g i g J.e s a n d l aughtcr water eil back again and again and agal n

t o t h e l - l q u l d re fre sh n e n t vtrl l e engaglng ln ldLe chtt chat, al,I the y ak k et

yak or the gibblc gabble of the canpus news that concerncd everyone of thc

t c a c h e r s a n d sta ff, th e n cw sy tld- blts and 1dIe per sonal gosslp pas s c c l l ts c l f

arou n d a s o f fl cl a l p o l tcy a n d /or soclal events. Addie enjolnecl he r c onr nc nts

abo u t t h e p ol l cl ts o f th e a d n inlstr atlon as wcl- I as the sociaLlzlng cllcks

or l n d l v i d u a t cL a q u e s o f e a o h llttle chatty faculty gr oup no faLs e pr l de

A
or puff)#6- fe cl l n g s o f su p cri or ity, hcwevcr , to anyonc exlsted du r l ng thl s

c la s s b r e a k o r co ffcc a Iu f,l 0 h as lt wer e: teachcr s Gven spoke of t hel r

ohlL d r c n w h ose l rn n a trn e a n tl o s anuscd and contr astcd to the schol,ar l y l m ages

thelr p a r e n t s cre a te d , h cre a t wor k, and the gosslp of thelr r espcc ted nc l gh-

borh o o d . s r e L a te d . Il tt1 e to th e class r oom r ealn these educator s pres c ntec l

durlng idlc mo me n ts o ve r a cup of cof fee. The ldle chatter l nc l ui l ed

re la t i n g w o rl 6 to u rs a n c th e excltlng exccutive jobs the spouscs h el d pl us

t he t r a v e l tales l n to a l l th e antique lands of var leil cultur es Jus t v i s l tc dt

t o c o n d u c t c o rp o ra te b u si n e ss - - tr o cultr r r e shocklng talcs cver amaz ei l thes c

s oJo u r n e r s o r mo d e rn d a y Ma rco PoLo tr avelLcr s. The conver sations r angei l

as all the petty anlr noslty of the

t he g a m b l t o f h u ma n e xp e rl e n c e as well
b etw o e n d l ffcre n t
b lc k e r l n g a c aclem lc gr oups or cLicks' However , n o nos c
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ev e r y g o t o u t o f Jo U V ro r l o ng when Addle gave her poingnant obs er v ati ons

abo u t f a c u r t y p ro b l cms a n d n a nner s. Addie told teacher s wtr en the dr os s c od'e,

( Addte insisted tbat eac h
as s h e e n v i s i o n e d . o n e sh o u rd be, had been vlor atcd
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teeoher had n responsibllity to seJ'f, first, as weII es to set an example

for t h e s t u i te n ts: mo ],i l l a g ml nils, wlth d.ignity, she ltked to sey) . But the

faculty alwnys gnve unenimous rebuttal wlth tbe fncts thet only peer groupst

ln f l u e n c e yo u n g p e o p l e to cte y ln Amer ica: nfr lentls, d,r ess and the c l r ug s c enc

s h e p e t h e l l ve s o f th e stu d e nts, not us elder sr n ohur ped the learnfd behev -

io r i s t r e s l de n t p sych o l o g i st lr lar the Typson ( nToung pcople now- e-c tay s es pes -

i e J , 1 - yi t o n o t b e L l e v e t e e c h e r s o r s o c l e t y Ln generel teeohers heve llttle

nuch Less puplls -- f or students s el d'om

re s p e o t f r om th e p o p u l -e ce a t lar ge,

oomprehend the importance to stud.y or to l-earn wtret the world of ecndeme cle-

ola r e s , e v e n w h e n th e tca ch e r s explain thet the business wor ld' d oes ex pec t

competencyand proeflclencJ/tt). The ex-high school teacher continued. exclnln-

1ng whiLe Attdie shook her heail.r'fthe three hours preperstlon for each hour

ln a college oless ls alwnys refuted. as nonsense by the typloeL stuclent body

wh o s e s e o o ni l rry h l g h so h o o l exper lence ls llvlng pr oof that d.ls pr ov es hr b-

it u r l s t u d y h e b l ts e ve r i n fl u ence lear nlng slnce a pesslng gr aile of c gos s

funded sohool becnuse of dlsorlnlnrtion to fell e

to everyone ln e federel
(me a n i n g l e ss gr edes now abor r nd beceuse of this hig h l nfl atl on
d e p r l v e 6 c hl l d

o f g r a d . e s , ]l tce sl g n l n g -u p for welfer e to get the Suer r nteeit C r ati ons ) r

esp e c i a l l y tru e o f su ch p e rn lsslve phllosophy as pr ncticlzed on the w es t

t- csr r f
- - know ver y uttle aceilenlcs. or nl a s tudents
ooest c erl fo rn l e stu d e n ts
psyo hol ogl s t
g e t d e m o t ed .tw o g ra cl e s vsh e ntr ansf er r lng to Texns schoolsr il
cup in hnnd c ontl nued'
J o An n a Sn el l e y e d .cl e ct. A n o ther teecher wlth coffee
the students thcnselvc s and
t h e c r - a s s l c p o t p e e ve s o f rrr feour ty, "But
elcr er s ns belng gulllabJ 'e eni l
t h e i r e r r - k n o w i n g p e e rs re b u ke the ed.,ceted.
young'r gener r ti on
n o t r e e l r y cs l n te rl l g e n t o r knowledgeebr e as the pr esent
( eny tir ne Just pr lor to thelr ver y ow n r eoc nt
t o d a y ; p e cta g o g yo f th e o l d . d ays
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e x p e r i e n c c o n e a rth ) h a s n o bear lng or no r elevaney to any im por tanoe to

Iife tod.ay -- thc d.umbest student assumes others arc lgnorant. Anct these

stubborn stud.cnts have now gradwtod. fron thc federally funclecl bureauoratlc
p e r m l s s l v e h l g h sch o o l syste n s that now clom lnatc all of Aner lcan ed.uc atLon

wit h lts f u nctl o n a l i l l -l te ra te s who finally attencl oollege wlth th e s am e

cxpcctations to g ct so n o th l n g for nothlng.tt The collcgo Dcan Ross T ooLe

a d i l e c l h l s o wn sta tl stl ca l o b scr vations, nThe South Texas tr r :nior CoLl ege c an

only try to teach thesc nyrlacl students wlth a lcss than seventh graile reail-

lng Lcvel when grailuatlng from high schooL, for few puplls havc cvor read

a book ln thelr young lLvcs -- and do not lntencl to. And the students comc

f ro m a l l o v c r th e U n i to d S ta tes since the ilynanlc cconony of depr es s l on- pr oof

Ho u s t o n b r l n g s 7 0 1 0 0 0 w o rke rs a ycar lnto the clty. 0nJ.y a oasual aoqual nt-

anc c w l t b t h c l a n d o f a ca d .cn c cvcr passcs the typlcal studentsr way , to c om -

p re h e n i l . a s c h o l a rrs u n d e rsta n i ling of llfe as a menber of a technoc r atl c

society.n

But the faculty ncnbers cou1d" only shrr:g thelr shouLclers ln qulet d.cs-

palr a n d c o n tl n u o to vl sl t ca c h other ln an effor t to for gct thelr futl l c

cfforts, ln all th l s Ja b b e rl n g, for lf only onc student all year r es poni l ec l ,

then all c f f o rts w e re n o t l o st r cnar kccl one star r ey- cyeil pedant teac hc r .

T h e D e a n o f th e o o l ,Icg e co n tl n ued spouting his statlstlcal nor ms ov c r thc

war t r v a p o r s o f h l s co ffe c o u p : nthe colLcgc falLur e r ate r eaches 8Vo of thc

And othcr pet peaves of the
frcshmBn class and 5ulo oa tha sopbomorc lovcl.n
from the fount of eternal knowledge' Thc
faculty pourcd. Llke llbatlong
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maJ o r l t y o f th e tca ch e rs, b o w c ver , conoer necl or dlver tcd them selves c l ur l ng

t h c o o f f e e bre a k w l th th e ch l t chat or yakklng of eaoh othcr r s da1Ly l l v c s

a n d p e r s o n a l n a tte rs -- a n a ttcnpt to sppcar nonchalant or hlghly s ophl s tl -

oatecl ln a bourgeolslc or pseud.o manncr that showeclthe gloss of tho morc

lnc p t o c c u p a n ts o f th e ro o n . However , an attr active but pr ln appear l ng l ady

sat slpplng sat prln

her hot chocol-ate: Mary Ner,rnnan anil proper to one slcle;

s hc h a d J u s t ma rrl cd a g a l n to beoone Mar y NewnanRetd Gar r ot ( she onl y l c ga-

Ilzed her lnfltleLltles qulBpcil thc oraokllng but nuffLecl volces ln tho llt-

t lc faoulty ol l cks o r i n d .l vl i tu al claques, pcer lng tlke cycs palnte d l n thc

walls whcn lfary Ncvrnan turned her head sltghtly avmy when the buz of last

namcs or gurnamcg began to banter about -- lJIs. Nolvmanr

s boss had. refuscil to

c h a n g e c v c r ag a l n th c n a me p l a to on her offlce d.oor because of threc offl ol al

namc ohangcs ln onc.gcmestcr had. atrcaily been requcsteilS Thc namc Neunnal,

conscqucntly, stuok as thc Logo lef ercnce to hcr now cx-marrlecl-statc D.orcr-

claturc or personaL monlker, for she hacl becn a lilrs. Ncuman nuch longer than

any of thc other rrsrrrcs-- elghtccn ycars to bc cxact as a Mrs' Netman llstcd

hcr cur r ent status, a status that sccmccl

on th e b r a s s cl o o r p L a tc to l n i l lcate
to ohangc so often of latc) . Ttre NerrvnanLacly had her own pcrsonal charm or

aura t h a t h a i l b e g u n to b l o o m as the m ld- ltfc cr lsls engulfecl bcr .

Ttrc engulflng but charnlng Mary Blngnan arrLveil wlth cup ln hand' to slt

Reld Garrot, poscd. always as a frlenit to lfary New-

next to lurs. Mary Ner,vman
t h e b e tte r to g a l n o onpl- ete detalLs of thc nar ltal status i l c v el op-
man , a r l
about as pur c factual guff to alL the r es t
m c n t s b e f o r e p a ssl n g l n fo rn a tl o n
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of t h e f a c u l ty. A n d o f co u rsc Patr lcla Car lson alvays llstened and then

Juxtapositloneil h e r o w n l o ve -l lfe as havlng the pcr fect husband whon s hc

illil. n o t d l s a p p o l n t o r b ,c h e r, r ver , to hcar tell! And thus no neei l to

leave a good thlng, chuckled lrls. CarLson ln hcr lmmatatlvc [tlac lllest bur].es-
quc of a laugh, nfor hubby cloar ls lndeeil so tall,, flve foot and clcven ancl

one - h a l f l n c h cs, h l s p h ysl q u e - - cspccialty, the elcven- and.- onc- hal f l nc hes

b e in g h l s b cst p h ysl o a l p a rtrn shc llkcd to ad.ctwlth a spar kllng sm l l e.

T h u s l y , P a t r lcl a l -l ke d to e xe La1m , so br aggadoclo, to aII the gaLs v uhothc n

glgled and oogled her hubby dr.rrlng the banquets that aWffs foll-owcd wlth

t h e s e a s o n a l ce l o b ra tl o n s h e re in the faculty lounge that was dec or atc c l

elaboratcly Just for thc grande occaglon.

I t r e f a o ul ty l o u n g e d fco r schenatlc var leil withln each cozy sittl ng

a rc a : e a c h wa l l cn p h a sl ze d a dlffer ent color but each huc coor cllnated to

m a t c h t h c a d Ja ce n t o r a d Jo i n l n g pastcl tones. The coffee bar neasur c i l

t we n t y - f l v e fe ct 1 -o n g b y fo r.r feet ta11; the shelves bcneath thc c ountc r

held racks of cups: cups, that c x p r e s g c d .p e r s o n a l c h a r a c t e r l s t l c s ln thelr

ownerr s tastc and lntcrests -- chcap dllmc stcr e cups llned the lrunecllatc

ey e c o n t a o t , b u t so mc a stro l o g y or zodlac slgns l- tkc fLashing labe l s tol tl

a llt t l a blt mo re a b o u t th c i tl scr lmlnate owncr . But somc vcr y or nate anc l

attentlon wlth their pr l- snatlc c c r am l c

ile e p r a L n b o w co l o re d cu p s a ttractcd
a rt i l c c o i t e sl g n s. .a fe w cu p s had been cleslgnecl and flr cit ln a ktl-n - - gl az ec l

lnltlaLs had bccn nade or etched

Just for the hlghly pcrsonaLlzed taste:
int o t h e s u r fa ce l o n e cu p p a rtlcular lLy clomlnateil wlth a gconlc vl ew . And
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s e v e r a l o t h e r cu p s b o re th e l nitlaLs of teacher s, some of the teac her s hav l ng

just recentJ.y been fired or dismissed: teachers, flve in number, flred for
hav i n g h a c l s e xu a l co n ta ct l n thelr offlces befor e and aftcr class w i th eac h

other; and those same teachers had been caught ln the act wlth cLass roon

students -- p l u s th e fl ve p e d ants had had affalr s wlth text book sal c s r e-

p re s e n t a t l v e s (tn e b o o k n a n , s uper Jock salesm an Eil Janes, cvcn hac l hl s or v n

pic t o r a l c u p e n cl rcl cd w l th w or ld, capltol ilecal- s on the long sholf s l nc e hc

had b c c n a p a ra n o u r l n l o n g standlng to num er ous female teacher s - - one fc l l ne

t ro ll o p c fled h e r h u sb a n d .a n d chllclr en to tour Eur ope wlth thls sa ty r of a

m a n , a g r a n i l e to u r o n fu n d s d .onated to have his unlquc thesls man us c r l pt pub-

tishcd since poor gu)-i-ib1eSara'AIaIsh had sollclted faculty glftsr Psssing

the cup as lt were, to finance the undertaking). SeveraL strunpets, harlots

a n d c a m p u s wh o re s p u rsu e d th l s cockscom b or phllande"@tff.r tlst of a

salesman who had hls ov'm eoffec mug on tha cupboard.s. But the voyage arouncl

t h e w o r l d t o ok th e p ri ze l rh e n the tr ollope m other qult job and attor ney

h u s b a n c l t o c ru l se th e scvcn scas with nher one and onl' y Jaokn Ed J anes , to

s t rln g hcr along. T h e l o n g l l ne of oups Just seem ed to lncllcate thel r hl d-

c le n s t o r l e s oT to sa y l t a II, ) - lke a loving cup or a tr ophy cup to the

gran d o o c c a si o n s !

Thecupormu8withthenameTomGarrisonbroughttominclthchandsomc

im a g e o r v l s ag e o f th e In d l a n chlcf per sonage who car pooted wlth a nc l - ghbor -

hoocl frlend. anil fellow co-worker, Travis Kankey. Kankey anil I one nlght

after t h e r a te e ve n l n g cl a sscs had Just dlsmlsscd, r r r altcd to leave - - w al tc d

t o J _ e a v ow i t b T o m Ga rrl so n , w c walted wlth our coffee cups ln hand at thl s

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v c ry s p o t t o g o h o n rew h l l e Ga r r ison r em alned ia tho sclence l- ab to c om pl ete

put ti n g a w a y e q u l p e me n tr. h e sald, putter lng thr ough dlr ty baakcr s, he had
lat e r i n s l s t e dl T o m l -n stca ci , accor illng to the snicle faculty loung e gos s l ps ,

h a d p l a c e c l a p re tty yo u n g l a ss pr one on the Iab tablc -- ln a typic al

rhen d e z v o u s wl th fe ma l s stu d e nts who wer e wlJ.llng to do anything to pas s

b.is oourse, his klnd of coursc that ls. Tom tutored hl-s Latc students, hc

liked to say; as d.id hls boss, Frank Prlce, who also proposltloncd thc
p ro t t l e s t glrl l n o l a ss: o n l y the loveJ.y ones- - got- the- chanae4- ye t Pr l c e
rr\ ra ss r n a L l l n sta tu ro , a l l ttl e nan wlth a swar ty compl- exl- onand all gone

to pot or all to b o o th l l l - h l -s face l- ooked ( he was also a hlghly ch ur c hei l

n a rri e d m a n w h o p h i ta n d e re d h l s way lnto and out of physloal encou ntc r s t

that hls roIlglous fri e n d s a t the college even r efushed to belleve s uc h

t rlf ll n g w h e n th e l o u n g e g o ssl ps told. all thc dctalls each gr ou p bc l l c v ed

o n ly t h e i r g r o u p ). T h e l o n g row of coffec cups or nugs seem ed to r ead al - l

these talcs l n to th e i tre g s a t the botton of my cuB as f took the la s t

s wa l l o w f r o m my o w n p e rso n a l l ze ii cer anlc ohallcc.

one set of ln1tla1s abovc tho
Scverat of the cups bore two lnltlats,
a round. the J,etter ln$ I both sets of lniti ar s for
o t h e r w l t h a h e a rt o u trl n cd
Teacher s who had mr r led studonts stl l " L at-
eac h t c a c h e r a n d th e sp o u sG.
the sane loving c1r Pr as lt wer e' for thc
t enif l n g c l a s se s o n ca mp u s cn i o ined
b r e a k i n th e fa cu l ty J,oungc - - Jack car r or lhad m ar r led a s tudent
c of f cc
r T hc
ln h l s d r a m a cl a ss; h e h a d o n c€ becn a text book sales r epr escntatlv c :
wlth hls typlcal or
Carrolls of Carrolltonrn as he so often reltcrated
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te1l-ta1e mucoid Northeastern acoent that revcaled hls belng a nrlsplacecl

Nc w Yo r k e r . A n o th e r mu co u s n asallty speaker of a teacher John W c s t taught

physlcs anil had narrLed a stud.ent named.Kuntz from a small totivn of tttc samc

I ogo t h e ch ro n l o co n Je ste d nar ls honkeil por sonal beLlefs as thc onl y r c aL

'',ryestadileil to the ncwsy conflab of the faculty
truth in tho world., such as

lounge by refuslng to bclleve that DDT harnecl the envlronment; he woul-il so

t o u d l y a r g u c h l s ca se a t l e n g th as hls hancls and volce shook llke a l c af ln

t he b r c e z c . N e xt, th e n a th te acher Far r ell Russell- wedded a night c l ub

strlpper or slnger who was his best glrl wlth thc nrr.nbers ln and out of

h a d . t o c L l v o r c e h i s p r e v l o u s c L r a bw l f e ) -- Farrellrs oup
class (Uut hc flrst

or g o b l e t h a 6 a scra tch e cl -o u t lnltlal r nar klng for the spouse nonlk er , a

scathed but used cuPl

A n c t t h c sca rre d cra ckcd c ups or the pealcd ilecal inltlals show ed al s o

ln t h e t e a c h ersr i l l vo rce s th a t had. necessltated thc ohange of sur n am c s r Il k e

soar tlssuc l n th c fa cu l ty te nur e systenr : dlvor cefs Lucy Har per Ze l 1er ,

vcb.ohad worked. together at the collegc (tne palr

l,aura and Tom L!.nklater,
hac l m c t a t t h e l l b ra ry ch e ck-out desk and then cour ted) and the tw ai n hai l

e v e n d i v o r c e d h e re o n th e co l l ege cam pus by em ploylng the Lawyer fr om the

a t t o r n e y r s o ffl ce s i n th e re n ted. par t of the canpus skyscr aper . But thc

d u o n o l o n g e r sp o ke to e a ch o ther , cvcn though onl- y llnked thr ough l as t

s Fm e n a m c - - L a u ra so o n g a l n e d a saLar led. contr act at St. fir omas i {l gh

school, a p r e sti g e o u s se o o n d .ar y school super ior to the eollege r an k l ngs '

And o t h e r d l vo rce d p a rtn crs d rank fr om thelr slngular cups or mug s , di v or eed
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c u p s n o w h e l c l i n h a n d b y L e e Car lln and.R. G. Taylor who each sipped the

s t e a m l n g b r cw a n d . sp o ke rvh i l e looklng at the long lntr icate sheLf, s heLv es

t hat c l r c l c d th e o o ffce b a r a nd also ser ved as a oupboar d or stor e r oon

lo c k e r f o r al l th e g l a ssfi a rc. Even a fow tall dr lnklng glasses li ned the

lo n g s h e l v e s p l -u s a C h l n a p o reelaln cup or two for the few tea slpper s . T he

s ne 1 l o f f r e sh co ffce fi l l e d the nostr lls of the lnhabltants of the r oon at

t hls special tl me a s A i l ctl e ch anged the car afe. Lcc Car lln puckcr e d hl s l l ps

a n 6 e x h a l - e da p u f f o f c o o l l n g a 1 r a c r o s s t h e h o t l l q u l d before decidlng to

p 1 - a c ea n l c e c u b e i n t o t h e i l e c a n t e r , B S l t woro. Lcc Carlln taught soclology

and thus made use of class research or class ftetd trlps when posslblc. Ilut

t hls p e d a n t p re f e rre d h l s o w n pcr sonal) .y cond.ucteil r esear ch pr oJec ts that

lronlcally requlred accompanyingthe pollccmen enrolled ln hts classesr to

pic k - u p a n d cve n g o o n l o ca l ralcls the eseapadcs lnto thc tr { ont r os c ar c at

bet te r k n o w n a s H o mo H e l g h ts, Fagville or Gaylanil, Queer svillc, to pr obe a

cross scctlon of llfe-styles for hls o$[r olass ].ecturers (but ln aotualltyt

t h e l r r t o n t r o s oa re a p ro vl d e d . th o only loca1 stucly of an lntellectual- gb'etto

Ln H o u s t o n t orrrmd e n o g ra p h l cs, obser ved 1lke littLe vinyettes or ch ar ac ter

sketchesr full of cpisodic scenarioes so uniQue)' The frequent escapades

lnto the exotlc or blzar l,rontrose ghetto carrieci Car1i"n on ralds to strip
joi.nts, Topless clubs, nassagc parlours, Iove-Iounges and/or bod'y-paintlng-

factorles guch as the infamous Rembrancltts Paint Factory where the body human

pan t e c l h o t l y to l ts o w n sp e cl al tour of the bod' y wor ksr ss the br az c n ai l -

hawked thc gaucl.yncon slgns frashed thelr wares publlcar}y

vsrtisements
o f L o v ett and RoscLand knor r r mlocalr y as The c l r c ul t
abo v c t h e l n te rse cti o n s
the young boys for hlr e or for s al e, to
whe r e t h c n ch i cke n H a vd csncru l seil
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cvery hustler o n th e stre e ts; teLevislon speclal- r epor ts had pr ob ed. the

Loglstics o f th e se xu sl sl tu a tlon, even the char glng of fees wlth a bar e

signaturo on the Master Charge or BankAmerica Visa Card.! Sttch notrlety

had created an aura or mystique about the sleazy life-style that in turn

l-ed t o H o l - l yw o o d .mo vi e s a b o u t the cr ulslng hablts. tr ee Car lin did tak c

offlcial looklng professlonal notes on each occasion, but most of the tine

he enjoyed Just watchlng the cxpresslons on pcoplets facos when being herded^

int o t h e p a d d y w a g o n w h l l e a r lsgue club finally got r alded for s one of-

flclous pretext. The long stare or gaulking provlded ons of the best dl-

vergions or hlgh l-lghts 1n Carllnr s clay or nlght llfer 8s lt wcre (Carlin

a lso l l k e d to b ra g l a te r a b o ut the busts or ar r csts that he wltnes s ed dur l ng

t he c x c u r s l o n s th ro u g h \l e rd l a n d' /ag Car lln gloatecl over a cup of hot c offc e

ln t h e c c n f l n e s o f th e fa cu l ty lounge.for ever yone to hear and thus to gal n

attentlon 1n hls own loud manner). And Lee Carlln played bag plpes for the

Hlghlandersf Scottlsh group, kilts and all, Carlln belng a Scotsmanvla

Ca n a d a . C a r l i n r s h o mc l l fe d ld not pr ovlcle the cxcltement that the M ontr os c

raid s g a v e h l s cg o r a n i l th e tl ne away fr om hls wlfe late at nlght w l c l enei l

t he g a p l n t h cl r re l a tl o n sh l p untll Car Llnf s donestlc squabbl- es h ac l an un-

'l/M-
stablc a s p e c t o r e ffe ct on hls bodyt s metabollsff he began to losc w ei ght

e n te red the Houston, Texas lv1ed.lcalCenter for a

so fast t b a t o l e C a rl l n
p h y s l c a t c h c ck-u p o r co n p l e te nectlcal and thcn l- ear ned' th' at he wa s dy l ng of
house a for th-
c an c e r - - h l s w l fe fo rth w i th ln haste l- eft car L1n, fled the

n ig h t a f t e r re a rn l n g th e n cw s or ver dlct, a cr ucr ar tlne that colnc i ded w i th

the sudilcn ileath of l,ecr s f ather ln Florlda; the spousc thus movecl-out whl]'e
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L e e C a r 1 l n atte n cl e d th e fu n e ra l, whlch lr onicaLly was held back in Br i ti s h

Ca n a d a b e c a use th e e l d e r C a rl l n had been vlsitlng fr iend.s in Flor ida dur i ng

t he l o n g h a r sh w i n te r u p n o rth . Car lin seem eil to take all the adv er s l ty in

s t rld e b u t dl d b e g l n to l o o k-Ilke a bag of bones lir ith a coat hung ov er the

h u lk n a n e d L cc. T o fo rg e t h l s pr oblem s, both physlcal allm ents and m ental

or emotlonal 111s, o1e kllter Scots Carlin took long walks in the cool of thc

ev e n i n g , s t r o o l i n g a vra y h l s p robLem s som etlmes even walking through w ooded'

vacant clty lots, where one evenlng at duskrCarlln and his Chlhuahua dog both

got j u m p e d by a w tl d ca t o r o celot that came fr om the bushes and sc r atc hei l thc

t wo n e a r l y t o d e a th (o r so th e televlslon news cover aged r epor ted w hc n al s o

Iater presentlng a TV speclal that revealed many citlzens kept wlld anlmals

as pets that co u }d . th u s a ccl d cntJ- y escapc and get l- ost, to attaok l ater nan

or beast, ped.ostrlan d.ogsas a source of food, such tasty morscls). But

Car l l n anil hls l l ttl e rth o t d o gtt r ecuper ated qulckly after the tr lp to Ben

Ta u b H o s p l t a l e n e rg e n cy ,ry*n lch also pr oved another hcar ty faot: s l ok l y

--\-- -.-
Lee Carlln iild not ar*ilnave ternlnal cancer, onty all h1s worrles, psycho-

somatlc 1n orlgtn, hail oauseclthe welght loss rather than a mallgnancy the
as
orrancous 6lagnosls of cqnccr had of coursc addetl to thc problens as well-
cvcn though the n9w.l of the lawsuit agalns t the
tbc pendlng illvoroc,
physlclan d"lc[ not qulckly rcversc-Lec BeLeagureQ, Carlin had' nlssecl

so nuch workr so nany classes, at tbc college bceause of bospltallzatlon

and funcral travcl tlme that he was three nonthly pay ohecks ovcr-d'rawn
to pay c v en
s ln e c t h e a otl e g c h a d . g ra cl o u s ) .y ln a humanc gestr r r c contlnued
radrenLee had. not workcd. thase past few months. But, nowt forlorn Carlln lear-
l n g o o d h e a lth and that the buslncss offlce at t he c oLl ege
ned h e w o u l d l l ve
cxhaustcd beneflts - - c ar l l n
then requrred si ck r-e a ve re p a ymcnt beyond hls
hacl uscd' - up a) ') - hl s
h a d t o t a k e a n e xtra i o b to repay the sum s, and Car lln
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s lc k l e a v e a o cu mu l a tl o n fo r two year s lnto the futur e pay r o11 or em pl oy -

nen t , lf h e w e re to co n tl n u e his ocoupatlon or vocatlon ther e - - a l L that pay

v o u c h e r c r e d .l te d tl n e h a cl to be r elm bur seil, flnal.ly. But Lee Car l l n nc v er r e-

turned. to work at the South Texas Junior College or to vlslt the lounge vrhen

h e b e c a m e e sta b l i sh e d , l n th e toiling m oonl- lght- job or avocatl- on th at s oon be-

c a m e h i s m a la so u rce o f i n co me or pr lme pur sult of labor : olo Car l l n l eft ln

t he n i d d l e o f th e n l g h t, so to speak, ln or dor not to have to r cpay the bl g

pay c h e c k d . ra w . L ,e e C a rl -l n h ad applled for a census Job whlch he pr om ptl y

f a lle i l a n d . t hu s re p o rte d . to C hanncL L) TIr News: a ool- Iege pr ofesso r '* tl th f1f-

t een y e a r s e xp e rl e n ce o o u l cl n ot declpher the bur eaucr atlc Jar gon r eal ]y m ade

a b l g n e w s y l te m. A n d th e h e ad hauncho of a bur eau teohnocr at, mor e aptl y

a k ln t o t h e an th ro p o l d . o r n e a niler thal, spcoles, spoke ln a ver y fas t pac ei l

g ra v e l - 1 y v o l ce o r so n o ro u s g a teil cadence to explaln that ?tCar lln pr obabl y

coul-d earn a Less than falllng score lf taken agalnn the televised words

fell- !1ke stones on the ears or bullets cast, splttle in the €Ver wlthout the

rlng of truth o r si n ce ri ty, fo r Just r eaillng the csnsus questlonnal r e i l eteatedl

rac is t q u e s t l o n s a b o u n d l n g a g alnst the maJor ity naln str eam d.emoc r ac y ( C ar Ll n

wa s t h e r , r r o n g o o l o r fo r th l s j ob) . And. thus Lee Car llnr s pr esent m em or y 11n-

gere i l , e v e n th o u g h h e n o l o n g er r od.e patr oL wlth the Houston city c ops on a

soclological o b se rva tl o n o r n tght adventur e on downtown llouston str eets "

An o t h e r te a o h e r a l so ro d .e the str eets wlt' h som o of her law en for c em ent

s t ud e n t s . I da ry B i n g ma n fro m the Humanlties Depar tnent also chose to r i de

wit h s o n e o f h e r cri mi n a l Ju stlce stuilents enployeil by the sber lffr s depar t-

Be a u tl fu l Ms. [{a ry l i ke d to cr uise thr ouglr the' vVestheim er di s tr l c t to

ment.

rald Ar t , , ' f r e n rs w h e re th e q u e er s a) - 1 hang- out she llke to say when dr i nk l ng

c o f f e e 1 n t h e l o u n g e th e n e xt day after a fr ultfuL for ay; Iusious 1,{s . Bi ngm an

felt threatened by the homosexual lndlffersncc, her belng sueh a Lovel-y wolaBII

after ; she thel r l as -

who m a o s t m en a i l ml re d a n d sta rred. Long and har d ""iol::
eyes constantl- y upoffi4ne A6or
c lv lo u s l - o o l rs -- n e e d .e d th e l u sty bed' r oon
genltalla os her offlee iloor lnd l c atei l
o f r n i n i s c u l e p l ctu re s o f th o nale
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her o b Y e s s e d l tb l d o fe l t d e se rted and helplessly tbr eatened by the gay dl s -

lnterested.ness or lnattention that oreated. instant panlc wlthln ltrary Blngmanl

a fenale nentaL lnrpotence almost transoendental from the faggy uneoncern lnto

a dry funk or enootional- frlgldlty beyond the neutrallty of an unseen sexual

$anton gJ-ance her wayr but worse yet a look never gLvon caused vrorry (fast

women need. al-l the acloratlon they can muster, and the least reJectlon turns

their soorneCi firry lnto a fearfu} scourge, nor makes tbam a blgot with a pro-

gran of vengeful clestructlonrft would cornnent Addte uthen tr{ary Blngman left

the lounge). Even the resldent faggot toaohers on canpus gave Mary Blngman

perso n a L c o nste rn a tl o n : th e falr y pedants thus ailmir ed aIl the sa&e v i r l l e

gllys 1n thelr.l6ssss who cane thelr r l a y , J u s t a s d t d & T s .l f a r y r s o t h e m r t u a L

c omp e t l t l o n un n e rve d th e g ra n de dam e ln the ) .ounge, even though her good l ook s

r e s e m b l - e dE l t z a b e t h T a y l o r . mBut most of the stuclents here are butt faeedrn

the fags l-arnented in remarks over a cup of coffee wlth l,[ary B. v;hen she gained

t h e u n d t v i d e d a tte n tl o n o f th e gay teacher s ( tne r eal live oanpus beauty queen

t each e r d i d no t f e e l se cu re l n her uncanny novie star looks) . Lfar y Bl ngnaan

had m a n y t h i ng ;s g o l n g fo r h e r: she dr essed chic; a fashion show was hel d on

eatnpus ln the lounge to show-off the varled styl-es an enployee was alLovred to

wea r t o w o r k, a n d . th l s fro e cl o m Ln a dr ess code macle the TV news ( som e m al e

t eac b e r s a n d stu d e n ts w e n t to class ln wal- klng shor ts str aight fr om a s team

bath -- t h e La xl ty o f n o d .re ss cod.e wor r l- ed som e people) . And the i ob of

t eac h l n g g a v e }d s. [{a ry B . a socletal out].et fr on her husbanclfs ned'i c al pr a-

a n d s t y Ll sh cl -rcl e o f fri ends, an entour age alnost slur nning in a hl gh

t lc e
lfar yf s oyster ' And thl s
d. eca d e n c es o Ja d .e d . l ftl u s, th e wor Ld. seened to be

fastpacedd'amedlillnc1eed'haveafIaw,atrag1cternrinaIeaseofnelanoma:a

beautyspotnoleonthertehttemplehadprogressedtodeepenincolorand

thenencl.ro]-ed'tocoverthewholesldeofherhead.--asweepofthelongour].
year s the hair style hait ehangec l l ts
of h a i r c o v e re d th e g ro rrth , fo r thr ee
spot, a Veronlca T'ake swoop of
sooop downward"to cover the ever lncreaslng
anblent cur e' I{ edleal tr eat m ent d'1d'
t h s o n c e s t yl i sh co l ffu re e ffected an
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not respond to all thc cfforts that lfary and her dootor husband. trle0 or

attcmptcd.. But Ms. Blngnan contlnueil to functlon ln a secnlngly normal

llf c - s t y L e : c a rl n g fo r h o r tw o chllilr cn and glvlng blg par tles, bas hc s or

c lab o r a t c e v e n ts to d L ve rt h cr dweIllng thoughts. Anil tcachlng aLs o pr o-

v ld e d a h a r n le ss e n o u g h cl l vcrslon those Last thr ec ycar s of her llfc s patr .

Howevcr, the fateil enil flnalJ.y arrlvccl drrrlng rcglstratlon ln January; she

oollapse6 as though from fatlgue of the busy momcnt whcn thc hasscl of thc

Iong llncs brought prcssurcs that causc the blood to boll. That dranatic

ins ta n t o n l y o ffl o l a l l y re g l stcr ecl the flr st knowledge that the r vhol c c ol -

lsge facul-ty and student body knew about the lllness (and the faculty lounge

wen t a l l a b u zz o ve r th e d e e p dar k secr et, and then - - only then - - dl d s o!0c

m o u t h e y t e a c hcrs re me mb e r h a vi ng sccn l.4ar y Blngm an ponder the gr ai l i ng of a

s t u d e n t t s p a p e r a n d th e n l o o k away, out her offlce wlndow, and she d a tc ar

a s t h o u g h n a rkl n g th e cssa y a t hand had pr eclpltateit the llquld te ar dr oB) .

0n1y three wceks of hospltallzatlon kept thls iledicated tcacher off hsr

f eet and. out of thc class room,,rcvcn though she had. cntereil through thc cm-

c rge n o y r o o n o f Me tb o d l st H o spltaL; M ar y Blngoanr s dlgnlty and strong s pi r i t

f or 1lfc w o ul d n o t p e rn l t a l ong dr awn- out lllness: she dlcd aftcr hav i ng

llv e d . w t t h t he th re a t a n d kn o wLcdge of itoath almost at her d.oor st ep thes e

past threc $carsr Ani[ lvfary Bingnants offlce hail bcen ]-eft iust thc waY thls

carly that nornlng d.urlng January reglstratlon: thc

foxy lad,y hait cxltcd
w i th cyc glasscs on top of a pllc of papcr s - - thc
o p e n b a m b o o b ri cfca se
m usctln ( fr er last wl1l and' tc s tam ent
ro o m , h e r o f fl cc 5 6 8 , re n a l n e d a llvlng

copy tay to one sidc, compl:tc wlth detalled funeral arrangnents llstcct at
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t hc U n i t a r l a n C h u rch ) . T h e o r ilcr ly desk top also dlsplayed. ln a g ener al l y

us e i l Es n n e r th e l a st cl a ss schedule that lay open with the pr lnted nanc of

l/ lar y Bl n g n a n rs re d cl rcl cd cl asscs and r oom num ber s undcr scor ed. - - opc n to

her l a s t r e g lstra ti o n , w l th a n appolntmcnt to keop, llke r escr vatlons ln

t he b l g r e g l s try o r g rca t rcg l s tr ar ln the sky.

R e g l s t r a tl o n a t S o u th T e x as JunLor CoLlege always pr ovldecl a par ac l e of

s t u d e n t s d . u r l n g th e l o n g p ro cessj.on that gavc all the faculty ncnber s a

c han c e t o r e vl e w a n d . to a d n i re the stuilents antl to lay futur e plan s for

b o n cs, depend.lng on the caso or pr eilellctlon --

m a k l n g o r J u n p i n g th e i r

cholce for a ca d e mi c co u rscs o r soclal lnter cour sc belng nade then as l t

wc rc. O n e p e d a n tl c a n d p e rsn l ckety teacher dubbed the utr ole long r egl s tr a-

t lo n p r o c e s s l o n a L a d l rty ve rs lon of the o1d tuovlc, ffiE BIBtr E. Modc of

d,ress by the studcnts reglstertng for the ourrloulum at South Texas Junlor

Co l- I e g e h a C ta va rl cd styl e , lf one coulil call style to thelr appa r c l ; s onc

s t ud c n t s a r r i ve cl l n b u sl n e ss sults dlr ectly fr om thc offlcc or on a l unoh

brea k ; b u t o th e r stu d e n ts d re ssed^ cver go caguaL or har d.ly anythln g at al l :

n o t h l n g n u c h l e ft to th e l n a g i natlon whon wear lng abbr cvlated cut-offs or

hot pants; somc registrarants worc sn Apachc Ind,ian heail bancl anci tunlo, a

c ult en mssaas lt w e rc. A n d onc young thlng, a sweet gtr lt wor c a for m aL

white we6d.lng gown that apprarently never was v'lasheit d.urlng the subscqucnt

bscano dlrty and then cl.irtlcr than dlrt d'urlng the

senesters and. naturally
whole aoaclenlo ycar (she evldentLy had sccn and hail l-lkcd the olcl movLer the

fantasies anil the faculty llveil then!

. fire stud.cnts d.ressccl their
GRADuATts)
c u p s re a l l y g o t fre quent use d.ur lng r egistr atlon when t hc faoul ty
f iro c o f f c c
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took shlfts fron thc work Llnes at the work tables wherc advislng stualents

requ i r e d . d c t ai l e d l n fo rma tl o n -- tho r ather often coffec br eaks ke pt the

s oh o o l s p t r l t a Il vc a s o a o h te acher fr equcntecl the gossipy lounge.

The frcquent co ffce b re a ks m ade extr a wor k for Addlc to clean the oups

and. the lounge chairs so oftan. Some ncw teachers from Ncw York feLt that

Addlc was belng erplolted by the po\rycr structure of the oollege ancl thus

es p o c l a L l y be l l e vci l th a t A d d l e had. becn degr aded by the menlal task of

wa s h l n g a l I th c p e rso n a l o u p sl, Ad.dler s clvll- r lghts had conscqucntl y been

v ioL a t e d e v en th o u g h sh e d l d . not know lt ( ttr e collegc should pr ov i de dl s -

p o s a 3 -p a p c r o o n ta l n e rs, u rg e d . thc llber al pedan$) . But Addle her s c Lf r e-

plle d , t t N o on e te l l s n c w h a t to do and hait better not tr yr elther . Anc l I

cto enjoy aII th e p rctty e L a b o rate cups that tastc bettcr than the nas ty

papcr coatlng tlrat llngers on thc tongue -- Just llkc solrc mcddllng do-

g o o d e r t o w an t to ch a n g e e ve ry thlng nlee so that cvcr yonc wlll bc as m l s c r -

a b le a s t h c y a rc.n T h c sro st elcgant ooffee cup on AddlcSclcan she l - v es

pl-e a s e d ,Ai l d l ets e ye th e mo st: the cup contalneil a plctr lr c or a por tr al t of

t he o w n c r - - a g L a zcd . l ma g e o r fr ieze contalncd thc lnltlals C.P. on the

bot to n l n s l d e p o rtl o n a n d a l so hail the conpletety spellcit name enc l r c l - ed

Phelps per sonifled' And'

on t h e c x t e r l o r o f th c strl p p cct cup, Char lottc

charlotte Phol-ps, the real-Ilvc pcrson, taught full tlme at south Tcxas Junlor

tlm c at the nain eanpus of the unlvers l ty of

c o}Ic g e a n d . a l so ta u g h t p a rt
stuillcs -- tclcvislon notr ie ty c aus ec l
Hou s t o n l n t h e a ca d .e ml c a rca of soclar
to gct l l s tc i l as
c ha r l o t t e P h e l p r s n a n c to b e com c nationaLLy known and also
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teachlng at the Unlverslty of Houston, a faot that the South Texas Junlor

ColJ . e g e d i d . n o t co rre ct. C h a r lotte nalntalncd an aur a of nyster y nos t of

t h e t i m c a b ou t h e rse L f w tre n l n thc busy loungc. Tho Char lotte Phel ps nr y -

s t lq u e 5 a d a q u l e t b e a u ty, th e ktnd of face that tur nocl cyes: a nroc l c l ts gr ac e

and. flgure, a n a ri sto cra tL c p roflle wlth a hauntlng stanped gazc t hat penc -

trateil the persona of her aucllcnce and went bcyond the csscnce of the nomcnt.

Cha r l o t t e i l r esscd l mn a cu L a te -- funpeocablc tastc fr om the coutur lar of

Nelm a n M a r c us, Il ke a p rl n o e ss she clr essect ln alL her flner y, alwa y s c l c nan-

dln g t h c b e s t a n d /o r th e l a te st fashlons ( ser end.lplty char aoter lzed hc r

m o d c d l m p u l s e s) . C h a rl o tte P holps was not und er standlng or ver ball y nl c e

w h e n a c l e r k a t } T e i m a n sr i i l c i n o t h a v e i n s t c c k h e r w h i m s i c a l t o i l e t r y

ves- she lived and acted like a capitalistlc princesso But thls Ms. C. Phelps
J',-vt

t aug h t a h a r d. Ii n e p o l l ti ca I scionce cour se em phaslzlng that less than

r ttr T ho
f lf t y famllles o w n e i l th c re a l cor por ate wealth of the Unlteil State s .

reaL l y o w n s Ame rl ca ? n g h e l l ke d to quest the r hetor lc of her questi on ear l y

ln t 5 e s e m e ste r to p i ck a n d chose the students vr homshe though had her k l nd

of potentlallty. And Charlotte even salct more to the point ln the class
'.(,/
ro o m l e c t u # 6 n th a t F l d e l C a str o should cr oss pver fr om Cuba to gov er n the

u n lte c l s t a t e s, so sh e a n d th re e students, nffiicked. as they wer c by her

o lf lt r i n t e r r o g ati o n , e ve r so su btl- e by the sem antlcs of her class r oom ques -

for
t io n s , h a c l t hu s o rg a n i ze d . th e mselves lnto a team to pr ovlde the m eans
And the team
Fide l - C a s t r o r s o ve r th ro w a l o f the Untted States) gover nm ent.
abLe to buy an a r s enaL to
o f t h r e e p l a nn e i l to ro b l l q u o r stor es and thus be
zo/20/20/20 TAYL0R

giv e t o C a s t ro , so h e co u l -d conquer all- of Amer lcao Char l- otte Phel ps had'

even toured. Cuba d,uring the sumneT of 1968 wlthout a vLsa and reportedly

h a il c o n f e r r e i l w i th th e g u e rri l -l- a leader the boat tr lp belng madc under

nCastr o should rel gn ln
c o v e r o f d . a r kn e ss w h cn ma kl n g a gun r un to Cuba.

t he U . S. o f A .rt C h a rl o ttc o n cc salat ln the Lounge; a hush fell over the

room l l k e a si l e n t sh o t fro m a toy pistol or powcter key. But the l ul L l as tec l

only a s p l l t scco n d , Il ke a fl ash ln the eyes betwecn alL the spe ak c r s w ho

non v e r b a l l y co mmu n l ca te d mo re than a thousandl bLasted. wor ds could. c v er utter "

Ch a r l o t t e u su a l l y sa ve d . h e r rhetor lc for Just the r ight per son ani l for J us t

t h e e x a c t m o me n t. T h u s, C h a rlotte Phcl- ps m ade pl- ans to fuII fill her i l r eam s

or intent; she attcmpted to cteatc or to accunulate thc arscnaL (tne people

should rule a n d h a ve su p re me r lghts and. equal distr ibutlon of weaLth s tated.

thls cavaller l-ady of classy expcnslve tastes and opulent nobLe desircs).

The Charlotte p h e l p sr p l o t n a tcr lal- lzed. with a1l the str atagem of a N l ar x l s t

resolutlon; the deslgn however contal-ned more than a treasonable plan: a

p e rs o n a l _ s e he n e to b i l k a fe w ilollar s her way for flnancing the gal l ant l l fe.

T a k i n g a f e w d .o l l a rs fro n tj re ttll after r obber y expenses seemcd onl y r l ght

af t e r a l L t h e ch a n ce s h a i l b e e n taken. But one student becam e so J eal - ous anc l

cause that hostll-lty ancl angcr rc-

so completety commltted to the polltlcaI
havlng somehow
suLtect when the sums became cllverted. (honor anong thieves

been vlolated. as an ethical Thc Jealot student reacted on a whin

bonil).
part of the grande
(or acted. on orders accord.ing to somc speculatlon as a
call attention to the
ns t h o i t o l o g y to cra ck th e U . S . legaL system and' thus
zL/2L/2L /2L rAYloR

6rea6ful fact that teachers no longer belleve ln the capatal-lstic systene,

ccnsequently, fo cu si n g n a ti o n a l attention on thls cr ack ln the lib er ty ani l

justlce for all tenets of the U.S. constltutlon -- thls ploy belng a cofl-

m u n i s t p a r t y d e v i c e o r c o n t r l v a n c e t o v r e a k e nt h e e m o t i o n a l t r u s t in the

baslc prlnciples o r r u d l m e n t s o f t h e A m e r i c a n d r e a r nw h i l e a l s o s e l l i n g - o u t

t h e v e r y l a b ors o f a p a rty menr berllke Char lotte Phelps, expedienc y bei ng

t he r o o d u s o pe ra n d l o f l o n g ra ngc plans) . The par ty m ember shaal ev en ar -

rang e c l f o r Ch a rl o tte to d a te a younger m an ln the hopes

of g e t t i n g h i n to a ssl st, b u t he left v,r hendiscover lng the gun r unni ng

b u g l n es s .
B e i n g a g u n ru n n e r w a s n ot a char ge that stuck agalnst Char lo tte
phelps. But the robbery convlctlon ln connection wlth the oharge of treason

had t h e n o s t e vi d e n ce . T h e a ngr y zealot student had d.r afted hls ow n pl at-

f orm o f r e t a ll a tl o n o r p ro g ra nm ed agenda when deciding to stop Char l ottc

f ron t a k l n g a n y mo re mo n e y fo r her per sonal use; the angr y student s i npl y

c all e d t h e po l i ce a n d C h a n n e l 13.i+ Ilouston ancl gave the tlp for t he nex t

robb e r y , 8 t r a n o n ymo u s te 1 -e p h oiil6 the Houstcn pollce depar tment a t 6L

Reisner Street and to the news media set the scene: the news media and the
poli c e r v a i t e d 1 l ke a b l g h a p p enlng for Char lotte anil the other two s tudents

all s e t - u p l ikc a mo vi e stu d i o for a take, a sccnar io on the m ove or a

w i t h l ts o w n sp e o l a l ar ia fr om thls str eet oper a" Dur ing the s ur -

llbre t t o
prls e d ch a rl o tte Phe} *osvr aved her gun high lnto the ai r , s houted'
e x c i t en e n t,
gun at hom e that lvould stop aII y ou
a n d e x c l a i m e d . th a t sh e h a d a gattllng
22/22/22/22 TAYL0R

4.'
faseist plgs. T h e H o u sto n p o llce S.*I.A.T. team had lndeed sot- up s er dfl l anc o

o r e n t r a p e m e n t o f th e se stu d l o us pollticoes ver y effectlveLy. And l '{s . Phel ps

als o c o n t l n u ed sta te u re n ts l n her shockeil vocal r osponse that she h ad other

we a p r o n y , a b a zo o ka th a t h e r fe1low llber ated wor ker s should have br ought

wt t h ' t h e n ; sh e cmo tl -o n a L 1 y L o st her cool collected. demeanor and. vo Luntar l l y

repo r t e d l . e l L th e va rl o u s p l -a ces r obbed to buy the ar senaL to give to F l deL

Ca s t r o - - y es, sh e e ve n p ro cL alned that an er senal, depot had been or eatec l

ln s t o r a g e at h e r h o n o . T h e Houston polloe of coulse investlgated the i l on-

lc iL e o r h o me fro n t l n d e e d to flnd the ar senal lntact, complete w l th the r e-

porte d b a z o oka . A n d C h a rl o tte r s tvr elve year old son also was qusr ter ed ln

the house (tne son d1d not reaLlzc ths oxact sltuatlonal lnplloatlon or evcn

c om p r e h e n i l t he p o l i tl cs l n vo L veil) . Tho physlcal appr ehend.lng of the r obber y

s u s p e o t s t o o k o n l y a b rl e f tl m e, a few hour s in aII to book slnce the w hol e

o p lso d c w a s re co r6 e 6 o n T V n e ws file tape. But the Jur lspr udsnce of the

ca se to o k ra uch J- onger , natur atly, ln the fecler al oour ts be-

c lass L c n a t l on a l

c au s e o f f e d .e ra l a n d sta te ch ango of Ycflllcr

nonths and r eaLly iitd have a r ar e s ol l -
T h e c o r rrt ca se ro e ke cl -o n for
of the
t a ry effect o n th e co tl e g e ca m pusr cspeclal- Iy tlte buzzlng alacr lty
when the nams
gosslp ln the lounge: absolute quiet relgned' &s a resuLt
c3sufll' Th e c hange
c ha r L o t t e S h e l p s ca me -u p l n the conver satlonr ever so
tr lps to testlf y l f the
o f v e n u e t o D a l L a s w o u l d re q u i re distant and. costty
any pertlnent
slightest vroril leaked tbat someone ln the facu].ty lounge knew

lnfornatlon, for aftor-alL the lounger s proverbiar ears and eyes knew 6very-
z3/ 23/ 23/ zi TAYLoR

t h ln g o n e v er su b j e ct me n tl o n ed., the last wor il, cxoept now for the per v er s e

q u le t i t u d e on th i s q u e stl o n a b Le case of tr eason in the faculty J.o unge. But

t he n a t l o n a l n e w s n e d l a h a d stated that Char lotte ?helps had taught ful l

time at the },{aln Canpus, Unlverstty of Houston (no South Texas Iunlor ColJ-ege

offlclal ilean evet corrected the error). The dooumenteil worcl by the volunc

a b o u n d e d o n th l s q u e stl o n e d case of tr eason agalnst the capitallstlc found.-

'r'frl tten files
a t lo n o f t h c U .S . o f A . suddenly m ater laLlzed. beoaus e under -

c o v e r a g e n t s fro m th e F B f a n d CTA as well as the NSA had been plantec l or

enro l l e c l a s o ffl o l a l stu d e n ts on her ol- ass r ol- Le ln eaoh cLass r oom ; thl s

soclal s t u d . l e s te a o h e rr s o u rr vr or iis vla cassette tape r ccor dlngs ooul d. be

and w e r e l n d ee d u se d . a s ma te rl al evidsnoc, thus, neecling no hear sa y l n thi s

f ede r a l - c a s e o f l n te rn a tl o n a l tr eason.

T r e a s o na b 1 .eo h a rg e s ke p t Char Lotte Phelps uniler Lock and key. Onc e

in s l c t o t h e c o u n ty sh e ri ffrs Jall, Iockect away ln the hol- dlng tank, BS l t

wer e , C h a r i - o tte w e n t o n a h u n ger str lke. Thls actlvlst used passl v e r es i s -

t enc e t o g a l n a tte n tl o n b y l o s ing welght to the polnt of becom lng s k l n anc l

bon e s , B t w hto h tl n c, l fl ss ch ar lotte as somc lnmates caLl- cil her w our d' not

s ee h e r s o n d .u ri n g vi stta tl o n hour s because the youth wour d not un d.er s tani l

th a t, me d e a bag of bones of hls m other ' And th e pol l c e

t h e g a a c y p o l ttl o s
persuad.ed charl0tte to eat somethlng in ord'er to
matron Mrs. Derores Talrcy

avoid^ dylng and thus leavlng her son an orphan who would' never ln futurs
r easons for her aoti ons - -
y e a r s b e a b r e to q u e sti o n h e r and to und.er stancrthe
2r+/2t+/2U/2UTAYTOR

o n l5 r t h g e a s n e st a p p e a l o f a m other ts concer n r eachecl the passlonate d.epths

of ilespair l n a n o th e r mo th e rts hear t or so the Jaller llked to thl nk . T hus ,

Ch a r l o t t e Ph e l p s a te n o th l n g but exotlc fr esh food.s ln season fr om thc gour -

n e t s h e L v e s o f Ja n a l l - w h e re p oLlce matr ol Delor es Talley shopped e s peol aLLy

f o r M t s s t r e r ri e a s th e se co n cl glven nane had now becone the passlv e ac ti v i s tr s

noniker no verbatlzed thank-you ever passed.the purseil LLns tyttll\rMl".

\_a!,c-o;y=
Tal,Iey untll the day upon I-cavlng for the state prlson. Verbal-')zhovtever

never courseil fron Charlotters rnouth, such lnterJeeted lmpudencenot belng

a part of her courtly manners: the proper }fs. Phelps always dlsplayod court-
esy aad.never used profanlty or defamatlon of vlle vented four-letter Anglo-

S a x o n w o r d s - - h e r l a rg h e tto speech also secm ed to know no cuss or c ur s c

eplt h e t s s l n ce h e r l n n a te l n te lllgence and lar ge vooabuLar y knew nuc h nor c

v lv ld t e r r n s th a n th e l l ml te d four Letter mandatcg could sver so guttur aLl - y

ut t e r , i n c o n tra st to th i s q u l et but for ceful lady. But the sllenc c of

nqueonr r
Ch a r l o t t e P h e l p sr p re se n ce o r essence of being r elgneil supr em e as

of the pollce holdlng ta n k; p ecklng or der or zuper lor lty was qulet l - y es tab-

mlnutes wlthout word. one belng bantered by thls grande daroe

l-lshed wlthln

dres s e d . I l k c a d u ch e ss vrh l l e c ut- thr oats and der eLlcts avoldeiL the l ow - toned'

t o u c h l n g w o r d s o f th l s co mn L tted womanwho galned unquestloneil contr oL w l th-

bout from the whoLe tank (trre usual resentment toward well'-
out a physlcar
from the lncarceratecl J-ow-
dressed. upper oLass snooty ilamee n6ver surfaceil
tanks - - char lott e ar w ay s
llf er s a n d . t he stre e t sro b s l n any of the holdlng
than flve' cven w hen bel ng
galn o d . c o n p l e te co n tro l w i th l 3 a few mlnutes, less
25/25/25/25 rAYloR
l:*

t ra n e f e r r e d to th re e o th e r co unty hoS.dlng tanks, oontr oL oxcer clsed. ov eT

all races). BLacks just Loved Charlotte and fLocked like wild birds to her

c aL m a n d q u i e t vro rd .s o r o b e ye d.as dr ono bees to the honey qusen. N o eo}Iege

ps yc h o l - o g i s t b e h a vi o rl st co u l d ever explain such subtle or speed.y br al n

washing.
[flnd anil body were kept intaot by more than Charlotter s sheer wll].;

a s u p p l y o f mo n e y a rri ve d me thodicall"y and myster icusly. Char l- otte F hel ps

a lwa y s h a i l l le n ty o f fu n d s to pay cash for her food, and" tolletr lesr s @ gn-

in g l y u n t l m i te d e xp e n d .i tu r6 s wlth a cr lsp new twenty doLlar blLl left at

t he d . e s k f o r h e r e a ch d a y. A nd on the str eet levcl outsld.e benea th her

b a rr e d w i n d ow , a ta l l skl n n y nogr o m an constantly' o,r atohed., obser ve d. v l gi l

of C h a r l o t t e t s ce l L , to ke e p und.er sur vclllance one of thelr own so to

s pe a k , ! n t h ls cl a n cL e sti n e l n ter nation pl- ot or capeT that nnust not go v {r ong

at t h e L a s t n l n u te , to a ssu re the effects of the long r ange pl- ans of the

wor l d - v r i d e c o rn mu n l st p a rtyt s need to pr eclpitate an lnfam ous situa tl on.

The notrtety of the charlotte Phelpsr court cas6 requlred a change of venue:

treking fron Houston to Da1las, the court case and material wltnesses went.

A n d . n a t u r a l - I y C h a rL o tte ? h e l p s was eventua) - 1y adJudged tr easonabl- e to the

f ed.e r a l g o v e rn me n t o f th e U n tteil States: convicted. of tr eason by t he s am e

Un ite d S t a t e s fe d e ra L p ro se cu tor s who ]- et canpus actlvlsts char ged w l th

burn l n g c a m p u s b u l l d l n g s g o free. The tr ial vr as an open and shut c as et

But ver y little faculty gos s l p

t hat n o a m o un t o f d .l a l o g u e co uLd change.
,/ 26/ 26/ 26{ir}'Yi.a?.

e v e r N g . e n t i o n e do r e v e n d l s e u s s e d C h a r l o t t c r s t r l a I openly; the controversial

c a s e l i r a sr e s e r v e d f o r the private party gatherings of the cocktail set and

contraet bridge crouples at their sorltis (tne othervilse gabby faculty feare{

b e l n g s u b p o e n e d .t o t e s t i f y tlvo hundred and fifty m l l e s a l / t a ya t c o u r t l n f a r

DaIlas, where the chana: of venue lnternatlonallzed scandal now proflressedrc

thus, atr absolute silence of felgned lgnorance resulted -- for the faculty

lounqe did lndeed have lnvlslble ears evcn when the gosslpers ttremselves dld

not actually hear or have thelr vlable prcscnce known). The worcl lvas mun on

Charlotte Jerrle Phelps, ln toto; a n d n o t o n c p e r s o n b r o k e t h e a v o r v e ds l l e n c /

or hush in public as each teachel qutetly d.rank a cup of coffee. The dregs

in tha bottom of the coffee cup llke p o r t e n t s g e e m e dt o h o L d t i r e p a s t t a l e s

a b o u t t h e f ' a c u l t y m e n r b e r sw h o f r e q u e n t e d t h e l o u n g e a t S o u t h T e x a s J u n l o r
Cn] lcra jts.clf -- an hlstoric site on an odd shap'ed lot that covered f tve any'

a half a c r e s d . o w n t o w nb e t w e e n t v r o b a y o u s : ' , f h l t e that

Oak and.Buffalo 13a3'ou efu-

clrcled the oblong acreago wlth lts mtery banks.

T i r e , , , r a t e rb a n k e d b u l l d l r r g t h a t h o u s e t l S o u t h T e x a s J u n l o r C o l l e g e e o n -

s l s t e , l o f a b r o a d . - b a s o dt e n s t o r y structure vrlth two decad tolvers or decadal

stor y ot me,zzanlncstr eet lovol -- the ar c fu-

floors , e a c h , Jo i n e d o n th e th l rd
of brlck and concrete made froro fIlnt stone
itecture belng a deco fabrlcatlon
and the br r l l dl ng c on-
l ns t oa d o f a m e re sa n rl l n th e concr etc for m ur a m lxtur e,
poured on the Lancl slte -- con-
sequently now stood Llke a granlte nountaln
and vlorld-wlde depresslon,
structed ln L92g Just prlor to tlre flreat natlonal
7/27/?7/27 TAYLOR

this nasslve constructlon had been bullt and envlsloned by the elcler lfac-

Donald famlly patrlarch fron Tayl,or, Texas as a gtft to hls son Just turncd

twcnty-ono. And then forty ycars latcr, the aglng but youthful l{acDonald

selon sold the nglftcdn bulldlng to the trust conpany of South Texas Junlor

college, whlch renamed the towerlng monollth Number one lTaln PIaza' No rc-
Rc-
p s t r s h a d e v e r b e c n n n a c eo n t h e h u g e w a r e h o u s e t y p c c d l f l c o a n d N a t l o n a l

glstery randmark (tne owncr had wllrtnely served on the Texas Prisor systans
rn custodlal work asd-/
Farore Board and thus had provrded pronrsed enproyment
and the buildlng be-
means tc reduce rccldlvlso -- the upkecp trad becn lax,
natur e of the
c a m o r u n d . o w na n d . fi n a l l " y b e ra g gled bcoausc of the slnpatlco
eler oent of soclety the bu l l dl ng had
o wne r t o t r y to h e l p tb o n l sfo rtunqtc
of tha pol '
b o c o m e l t s o vrn g h e tto , to n a to h the skld- r ow or slum sur r oundlngs
arso.converges}- Tha
rutcd waters of tbe Buffaro Bayou whcr6 l{hltc oak Bayou
on lts Natlonar Rc-
oId butldlng elte now restcd ia gcntccl poverty roposc
praque bearrnf.clvrl war marklngs; the hlstorlc spot dcslg*
gtstry hlstorrcar
pr lson anil ar so ha d pr ov l i l ed^
nat e d w h e r e th c so u tb e rn co n fo d.cr acy had kcpt a
two bayous ( tfr e m ar k er dt'
a de p o t f o r n u n l tl o n s o n th c Junotur c banks of thc
the northern yankcc tactl0
flned the tenets of war: scccsslon rcarly betng
faderal-lst constltutlon wnlre
since the cavarler south preservcd t b orrgrnar
thc oonstltutlonal laws;
t h e n o r t h a c t u a l l y s e p a r a t e d o r s c c e c l c dt o o h a n g e
out- post of a nl' Iltar y pr l s on
t hc s p o t n o w so n a rkcd th c o l d Houston based
the states had bcen chos c n for t'hv
and a m m u n i t l on d u n p d u rl n g trl Q war betwccn
and crnptled' ltself when
water front locatlon that Just naturally olcancd
ln htgh bayou water s pr us
f loo i t t l d e wa tcr rcsu l to d .r trp to thelr ar senar
soon rosc to thelr tlp toes or
the fact that capturcd foderal- yankec troops
both cmbattl"ed sldos up to thelr
up to thelr nosc ln HrO, cvcry oan Jack on
do w ntow n
a rs e l n t h e ove r fl o w b a yo u ). The two bayous enclr cled the old'

d .o w n townbuginess dlstr lct had lor y: ago tlubbc c l the

I lou s t o n a r e a . A n d th e
l tfar t for
w rth th e monr ker r { & } ,1Bul) - d.tng ( Mer chandizlng
u e { a r r e c o s t ru ct're
w ar eh'ougo
mer ohandlzlng m ar t ' fr oor whloh
b e ln g a r e p l i o a o f th e o l d ch l cago
E/zB /zg /z:: T.,YioR

offlce-typa buslncsscs dellvered thelr retall. goods). But ncwcr offlcc sky
s c ra p p c r s h a d. d ra l a e d -o ff th .e old tcnants untll tha ul & M Bulldlng bad bec on€.,

nlnety percent vacant, at which tfune Sout\ Texas Junlor Collero had. sud.denl.y
lrnrrrn tn lnerease in enrollneint f:'on L"*fr:'rnousand stuclents to alnost

f ive tirousand pupils, vrltir no grovth cap 1n sight; tire junio:: colle6;e had
hecn 'ln,i,-oi'rfro;r
vvvlr !v\(r ,ir: its found.lng ln L9l+8 at the dolvntovrnY-l,iCA(Young llenf s

Christian Associatlon ?otter Bulldlng Iocation) slnco lts lnceptlon as a

p re p a r a t o r y r e vl e vr sch o o l fo r pr osp€ctlvo South Texas Ialv School s tudents - -

t h e s a n e b o a r d o f r e g e a n t s g o v e r n e d .b o t h c o l l e g e s . The Junlor eollego €r1-

rollment haC expandeddramatlcally ln 1967; thus, South Texas Junlor Collog'e

president ,f. T. Itykes, who also presld,ed over the Law college, nogotlated. a

Iease f cr tlrree f loors of the dllapldatcd l{ & l{ Bulldln6, a bquarc footage

Lease baseC on the student bod.ypopulatlon nunbers (a mlllton d,ollars rental"

sirlral sum thus ch,rrged f or 5r7OOtrrupils). 3ut tlie colleelate b o t r r r l .o f d u a L

releants soon arrangbd to purchase tlte run-dovrn bulldlng on the lnvaluable

d o v n t o v r nf l v : l a n d o n e h a l f a c r e s a t N u m b e r O n o l l a l n S t r e e t . A ten year losn

pey - o u t d o c u , n e n t re su l to d vri th the owner oar r ylng the paper s for the nor t9ag9l

IgBI beilg the pay-off date for the loan. But the college qulckly fell upon
(tne en-
herd tlrnes-i;lren the U. S. Army d.raft )-ottery system rvas lnstltuted.

rolinent iiac risen in the flrst place because of the vlet Nan War d'eferrnent-f,

stuCents as a sole reason to eXenpt a colleglate experlence, re-

to ccllere
gardless of the college nrajor). Thereforo, the South Texas Junlcr College

held thc riistinc t ion as boing the largest prlvate Junior collelre ln the

TJ n lte c l S t a t e s . B u t th e l Otte ry d.r aft systen r lr oppeii by tlvo thousand' s tutl entgi

the total enrollnent lriutediately as sone students ceased attendlng classes

c l l s t a n t n u m b e r sv / e r e p u b l l c a l l y announced: the
tire verlt next day';lien thelr
l/zg/29/zr) l:""t.ol.

s oeie t u l crivinlr fo rcc o r p te sEur e for an cduoatlon had sutldonly beoonr e

l e s s d e n a n d L n t Jo r n o n e x i s t e n t l And that of flclal student d.rop reqr:irecl

d.ininishin;; the college faculty b y t v r o i n e v e r y C e p a r t n r e n te a c h s e n e s t e r .

Yet, s o o n , a n o t h e r d o o m s d . a yn e v r s l t e n brought gloon anC panlc to the private

i n n i o r - n o ' l l r , r p e, , , / h e nt h e H o u s t o n C o m n u n l t y C o l l e g e c r i - a n l z e d i t s
V V *A'JLJ
nelv concept

of hold.ln:i classes in area hip;h schools aLl over tire megalopolis and thus

n a d e t l t e n e " i /c o l l e g e systen a truly comnunlty educational opportunlty; agaln

tlr.e private South Texas Junior ColleC;e lost almost two thousand students ln

a t t e n d a n c e - - m o r e f a c u l - t y m e m b e r sh a d t o { t o . Teachlng Jobs no lonSer cane

e a s i l y a n y r ^ r h a r el n A n e r i c a , f o r an excess number of tcaohers'hacl grad.uated'

from aII the unlversitles in the flfty states by the year L970 because of the-

stuilent exemption gtvon to ooLloge students, trvhocoonsequently took the easy

najor in erlucutlon to malntaln a hlgh grad.c point average and thus had *otn{

a teacning clegreo credentldl ( a n d n o w f o u r t e e n h u n d r e d .a p p l l c a t l o n s for each

teacirini; job slot ironlcal}y poured-jn fron all perts of the country to

s o u t i r T e x a s Ju n i o r co l l e 5 e th a t ltSelf no\. had. to let faculty r .r er nber s8o

Iooktngfor"'torklnagluttedJobmarket)'southTexasJunlorCollegehail
prlvate colleges: hard' tlmes that lead to bankruptoy
€ionetire iray of all
and a defunct condltlon -- the exorbltant tuitlon necessltated' that studonts

slnce the fee for one course at

enroll a t t h e l { o u s t o n c o r n r n u n i t yc o l l e g e
cour ses at a s tate
Sc ut h T e x a i , J u n l o r C cIIe g e vro uld in tur n pay for flve

graduate functlonal llllterates'

supported coI1e6,e, althougtr publlc coll-eges
pay for
ju s t t o p r o v e th a t a l -I b u ye rs l nclud.lng studentg get Just vr hat they

(the cheaper state school has no prestlgo, llttle clout and no class)'
 Tne cless enrollment decllned at South Texas Junlor College to the

n n { n 'ur - rv ^frr' -i" , 9t t1 l/ r,ar e s n x l s f y

yvlrr s h O ' w e do n t h e long faceS of tire ad.nrlnlstrutlve per-

sonnel or d eans; a II the gloom becarno personlf led ln the rieep craggy cracks,

on tne vralls of tire agfcl buildin6, that sudclenly looked lncreaslngly cle-

r)roqsi nr" to rnatch the nental state rvith the physlcal surroundlngs. i^rnd.

t h e f r , cu l t y Iount;e no longer buzzed lts h a p p y s o u t r d s c i l - r r i n g t i i e c o : . ' fe e b r e a k ,

m ; , 6 . i ^ . , ^ , 1 ^ r- rnLj,. s a g
l-llu beCaiiie Sub,jUec and tire pIeCe',;aS ,.:iOre Iike a rnOr.Ue,
JUyut-r.>

evcn ,idriie ,.cnt iuletly a b o u t h e r ' , ; o r i ; , p r e o c c u p i . e Cl n m e n i a l d u t i e s , thls

melnie, vrlth a reservod demeanotor malalse simllar to an lmprisoned soll-

t'trv nonfi ne:nent.

The sollturle oI'the lounge assemblage becane more and more lntense as

aclcjitional faculty n o e m b e r sh a d t o l e a v e r t r o t f i r q i , b u t Just let out to pas-

tur.o or eiirly retlrement ivlth I Beneral letter of credited recoruIlendation

dlsaster as an opportunlty to qult

6 i l v e r i i n h a n dl a f e w t e a c h e r s t o o k t h l s
ilre aeadenlc professlon completely to forn thelr o Y n xb u s i n e s s ( t e a c h e r s e a r l l

forty percent less than an equivalent iob ln lnclustry, and' most lndustrlal
years experlence
trades do not even require flve years of college and twenty
meager salary to
before tne yearly lncruments or ralse,s get tbe teacherrs
vrhohas a iob ln a
the }evel rvhere the mere callovr high school grad'uate
year thsn a Ph'D.''vill
petro-chemical plant vrlll earn much mor6 the flrst
societal causes
ever receive one canpus psychologlst analyzed the general
hate or detost a chlrdhood
for ,re roi;,esteem toward teachers: crty fathers
'3
a n c l s u b s e q u e n t l y t h e ! d p e r s o n a l l t y rr-iuses a decent sillary ln
teacher
L/3L/)L/31 TAYLoR

subtlo hostlle psychologlcaL warfare that effeots the pockot book, a lack

o f m o r a l e t h l cs p ra cti cl ze d to war d thc vcr y gr oup who ls expected, to teac h

the baslc cltlzcnshlp behavlor to youthr Vet these profound, profcsslonalg

roceivo legs i)ay than a typlcal" funotlonal llLlterate cnglneer tcachcrs

are also denleil an actlvc rolc ln dcternlnlng soclatyts norGr Yot must pcr-

petuato thc tcncts of ulhat llfe ncvor hag to offer an sduoator). The.ilc-

bllltattng noralc of the college faculty plunncted to an al"I tlnc low, ox-

oc pt f o r t h e fcw te a ch o rs w h o llkctl to dcllver bad news and thug e nJ oy ed

seelng the worrlcil look on othcr pcoplcrg faccs: S h a n n o nD o y l c a n d . h e r l n -

dlvld.ual cllck or claquc dellghted ln rclatlng the terriblc-lvonte, a gaalls-

t lo twlst o r q u l rk to th e l r l ro nlo natur cs tur ncd. now agalnst the v er y fol - k s

s ha o n c e h a d se cn l n g }y b e frl cn d ed when flr st enp\oyed, then, tr ylng to l n-

p rc s s t h c o l d p o w cr g tru ctrre of thc oollego ( Shannon Doyle SavG coc k tal l

part l c s that l n cl u d e d th o scl e c t few who thou,:ht as she clld: Kar en Lc w l s

wlth
WorrcII DaIc , Lucy Harpcr ZcLlar who werc all oall,cd the thrcc nuns,
-- other confciloratcg cnoludccl Tom Llnk-
tbc fathsr confcssror Nlok trranks
Dcutgcn Ewlng who w as a
I at c r , R a y ' l l l l -l l a n s a n d w l fe L l I, Gr etchcn Gar st
gr ouplcs Sylvla Lev y , J On
c ousl n t o r l n g }e a cl cr K a rcn p l us thclr satcllltc
Thesc bed.ev l r oc l
rr{lr- l e r , . , r l t h t hc ra st b u t n o t thc lcast cather lng Randor pb) .
pcdants formcd, a partlcular cllck cr cl,aquc that thouehf,thoy cach had' thc

wo rL d o f So u th T cra g Ju n l o r C o 1l' egc by tho taII, tbese blg flsh ln a s nal l

watar or cllte gr oup pl otted

s ln k l n g a n d m u cl d yo r n ru rky p o n d. Thls flr st
gr udges bascd on pc tty
agaln s t o t h e r to a ch e rs o f w h o m thay hcld tr lfltng
2/32/)2/32 TAYL0R

J ealo u s y s u c h a s to mrd o tb crg havlng mor 6 noncy and/or hlgber pos l tl on ln

t hc H o u s t o n co n mu n l ty, fo r th l s llttlc lndlvldual claque thougbt th c y w c r c

t he o n l y o n e s rrd roco u l i i o r sh o uld ponscss r cal knowledgc or cvcn o w n l l ean-

lngfu} val1d wealth -- tbelr propcrty, appcrtainod., thc bcst of alt posslble

worlds, blost by thelr own contenpt for otbcrs ln a dlabollcal cataolysa

brou g h t - d . o w n u p o n th e l r o rd a l n ed. cncolclt ( thegc sclf- appolnted lnte l l c ets

d1d n o t h a v c th e sa vvy o r l n tcl l lgcncc to nanagc thclr own flnanocs w el l

c n o u g b t o l n v est l n sto cks o f new Bouston oompanlca as sonc teaoher e had

donc wlth meagcr suas to nake hundrcd.s of thousancls of dlollars: stuilonts ln-

advortcntLy glvc terrlflo flnanolal tlps whltc Just cxplalnlag tholr typlcal

wo rk d a y , s u c h a s th c A l a ska P l pc Llac Conpany anploycc ln 1958 r el atl ng

t hc v a s t l n v c stn cn ts a n d p o tcn tlal gfowth whcn sh3r r cs sold for onc dl el t

b u t n o w h a v l n g l n cre a g e d o n e h unilr cd tlr ce, to r nake mllllonalr dout of l es s

t h a n $ 2 0 ' O O Ol n l tl a l p u ro h a e c -- all talk and no wor k or so Addle o noc s al d'

aboutthedertvlshorlokrnALrsaysg',nodoeot)'sbannoncvGnstarted'

ru n o r s t h a t f o ro to L ct d o o n b e yo nd the gloon of ulhat aotuaLly ocour r c d on thc

colJ.ege campus, and sbe sprcad nclancholy or thc dolilrrrns wlth a gloat ln

hc r v o l c c t h a t sb o w cd ,h cr h e a rt fclt happlness fr on the wldc- spr eail nl s er y .

And S h a n n o n b o a stcd a b o u t b cl n g a r umor - mlll, becauso people wcr c 3o gul l l bl c

cru{nfcJ
-,-4,"t- -- frauntcd ancl brag-
to belleve evcry vrord, they beard, at caoh coffee \" /
geil about her gullc Llke thc rvlckcit wltoh froi\yiiorth ln thle acad'cnc Lanil

of o o z d o r s l nkl n g fl n a n ccs o f tbs collogc. 0ther conoer ned. tcaohc r s s el d'om

eal l c d
caaG lnto thc L o u n g c fo r a cu p of Java as somc of the oldcr faculty
)/3)/33/n riYLoR

the ftuid bean Juica. The tlquid refreshnent lvorkerl lts charms upon tho

f ouL m o o d y m o u th s l l ka a tru th ser um lnJootcd dally or hour Ly, and the l n-

dlvldual claquc used the ldlc chatter as fodiler for a hot flre later when

the cess pool of a rwnor nltl really got started the local wags or gos-

s lps k n e r , ' rh o w to g a th e r th e l r l nnocent ohlt chat or glbble gabble to us e

a dlrect quotatlon as an clcment of truth ln the gross lles that would soon

beoone character assasslnatlon. A n d t h e t d l e w o r d s s e o m e dt o h a v e a r e a l i t y

of t h e l r o w n tl ko so n c th l rd p etson vlsltor lssulng a gr eat dlctum .

T h e d . l c t a tcs o f th c co l l e g c ad.r nlnlstr ator s wer e not Lm r nunoto the s ubtl e-

c h a n g o s a n 6 s a ro a sn o f ttre ru tror nllL. The pr esld.ent of the. col- legc D r .

Dy k e s b r l e f l y vl sl te d th e l o u n ge along wtth Ross Toole his fr lend anc l as -

o.
Dr . Xy\eq spokc about method.s to s av e the
s is t a n t w i t h th e tttl e of Dean.
-<&tE-
c olle g e f l n a n c cs, su ch a s g a l n l ng sotl- fiZ- lons or ' enilownm ents and/or gl f ts

for the needy college fron loeal buslnesscs: Brovtn and Root Englneerlng

C o m p a n ya n d . G u l f O I I C o r p o r a t l o n ( t t r e o o l l e g e c r o a t e c l t h l n k - t a n k s for futurs

grov r t h p L a n s re su l tl n g fro m th e clenoer atlo d.lalectlc dlgcusslons, a noder n

a d . a p t a t l o n o f ? Ia to r g syn p o sl u n) , And Br own and Root dld lndeed, gl v a fl fty

\A Vl
thousand dollars l n c a s \ { a l o n g w l t h t h e o a s h e n d o w n m e n tc a a e S ' 6 I e n H u t e h l n s

who or.sanlzed the readlng tab -- fron a mBre lab toacher, Helen Hutchlns
got promoted to Dean of Student Affalrs ln less than nlne months ( tUe ad-

nlnlstratlon wlsely brought her into the fold of the faculty as a teacher

who could flrst llsten and observe the needs before bcoomlng an ad-mlnlstra-

tlveforec).But,actually,thcharilworklngladyorganlzedandoperated
p ro ccss a s th ough she wer e the r c8tstr ar ln char ge v r hl Ie
the reglstratlon
b/ 3t+/)b/)b s.YLoR

maklng all the coraplex declslons (she hlred cute petlte young glrls in her

offlees, tncludlng the d.edlcated work-horse asslstant-reglstrar Sharon

Trlpp Just out of hlgh school wlth no college dogree, to over-seo the dlf-

flcult and lnvolved. precess of reglstratlon for thousands of students).

He I e n H u t o h l n s a L w a ys o o mn e n tcd that sucocss was based on whom you k now

and then the measure of success canc fron how hard you workcd. Ancl ole.

He I e n l l u t c h l n s kn e w o f w h a t sh e spoke; Holen had m ar r led Iiar r y llute hl ns ,

a rmn ten yearg her Junlor, but lookcd tcn years older -- snd Harry Hutohlns

hold the posltlon of f lrst vlce-preglclent of Brown and Root Englneerlng

Firn; H e l c n , ho w e ve r, h a d b e e n a Br own who Just happcncd to teach s c hool

ln t h e t o w n wh cre th e tw o so me nar r led year s befor e tn the twln city of

T e x a r k a n a ( H cl cn h a d th e rl g b t lctear succcss cones to those who know hov r

to work lt). A n d H c1 e n Ge rtru d.o Br own Hutchtns llkcd power and pos l tl on;

h e r w h o l e d e nre a n o r o r a u ra ra d l atcd an excoutlve lnage. Eelen cer t al nl y

d . re s s e 6 t h e p a rtl sh c w o rc h e r halr bobbed, conr bed,blok, r ougeil her c heek s

c le e p r e 6 b l u s h, ra th e r g cn e ro u sly color ed,, ar chcd tho long eye br ows and'

( v er y
ro a s c a r a 1 l n e d th c cyc l a sh e s -- Hclcn was b,efty, por tly and m atr onl y

muoh u n l l k c hcr skl n n cy a s a rall d,ays as Mlss Helcn Gcr tr ude Br own of

onah a , T e x a s ). T h l s w e a l th y d ame gave twsLve hour s a day to the Job at

hand. the measley salary meant nothlng, Just kecplng the oollego allve
-- ancl to be busy.
sufflced, a ohallenge to acoonpllsh thc lmposslblo dreanr

Hclen dtd not prefcr to livc the ldle rlch llfe aB evldenced by the long

hour s o n c a m p u s. B u t H o rcn r s br g r uxur y r nor uded tha ehauffeur wtr c d'r ov e

to
her llnouslne e ve ryw h e re a n d h ad' thus been hlr ed by hubby Har r y Ju s t
5/35/)5/35 riYLOR
walt arour'd every day untll Helon ncoded hls gpecl.al servlces -- her btg

lu x u r y r . 4 l a st h e d rl ve r l n h e r l l fe. Tho oonpany Br ovr mand

. Root assl s tod

cv6n more vrlth the wantlng flnanceg of the prlvate dlsuscd or obsolescent

South Tcxas Junlor College by rentlng tlvo floors of tha ncarly vacant and

a n t l q u a t o d v r e r o h o u s ob u l l d l n g . fnls fLllal rental boon pald the mortgaga

notc on ttre builillng loan. And addltlcnal rentals to Gulf 011 Corporatlon

as credlt eard storago provldcd funds for nalntcnance of the hugo skyscrap-

per structiu:c. Thc Hutehlns connectlon saved bhe lrnrnedlatcf lnances of tho

dytng pr!'ate college. And the soclal functlons as weII for tho collegc bo-

camoHeIen's speclal sport or clever actlvltles of a dllettantc. IIeIcn bo-

cane the offtclal hostcss for the colleglate functlons; I{elen arranged,

nanlpulated or fin$feO aff the entertainment pLans for partles shc decldeil

to glva in honor, or not, of teachers or admlnlstrators at the colleglal

events: partlos sho gavo in her swanky town house wtth an atriurn that easlly

held elghty poople had llelcnr s speclal starnp of soclal approval; cavlar and

svrordftsh topped her Ilst of dellcaclcg. Helcn Hutchlns ontertalnod. cveryon€-,

who wa" uoi*S'rvhcn conncctcd wlth the collegc, lncludlng aII distlngulshod

guests, vlsltors or offlclal conmlttaos pertlnent to the land' of academc.

And then the Southorn Assoclatlon of Secondary Schools Accred.ltatlon

Cominlttee arrlved o n c a m p u sa s v l s l t l n g 6 q u e s t st o e v a l u a t e t h e c o l l e g e f a c -

llltlas or facultlos as thoy wcrc; Hclen met and charnoil the entourager as

usual. The prestlgeous comrnlttcc staycct only onc rvcek lnspeetlng thc 11b-

rar;V class rooms the skyscrapper college bulldtng amusedthe academlo

"n"u
w o n d ' e r e dl f a
examlners as an unique concept ln educatlon, and eaoh pedant
or
cornpletcly adequato ed.ucstlon could ever resutt by tlme of 6graduatlon
prlme goal cf nost
matriculatlon slnca a tachnical skill represented the
g u r f a ce l d e a o f
s t u d e n t s r v h o s e l n t e l l e c t h a d n o c o n ce p t s b e y c n d a d u l l a r d

b a s l c s o ci e t a l c o n c c r n s the rirhole southern Assoclatlon of second'ary

or approval belng an lnterper-
schools Accr..edltatlon connlttec asscssrnent
facts as presentcil to them on the
sonal declslon bassd upon hard, cold

c a m p u s-
t/)6/36/)6 rArLOR
Helen Brown Hutchlns herself dcclded alI colleglate natters on this

campps: assessed or approved certain graduates personaLly at mld-term so

that the end of thc somester sesslon cotmenccnoflt cxerclsss or organlzation

would go vrithout any flawed. promotlons. But tire scholastlc casc of honor

studrrrt Ad.rlenna l{e}vln wantlng her AA or Assoclate Arts derreo, W.9ll$

graduatlon stage bocause of hcr
fgqog, conferred wlthout walklng across the
n h e s s g i z . e .rlJu* - s- t i n c e n s e d . p o r t l y H e l e n B . H u t c h l n s r s e n s l b l l l t l e s ln hcr ab-
pcdagoglcs
solute .lonaln of acadene, purely acadomlc fury from Ms. Helent s

- N r d r i e n n asr h l g h e s t h o n o r e o r v a l c d l c t o r l a n got reduced to less than salutatof-

lan or ggggg cW lauclP wlth a stmplc gum Lg-Ude,ranklng as punlshment for d'e-

fytng iielen' s authorlty. Autirorltarlan problcnrs such as these lndlgnltles

Adrlenna l,{clvln had wlshcd to avold from the respected teachers or august
prevent
a c a r l e n a n l c a n sa t s o u t h T e x a s J u n l o r c o I l c g e , a n d A d r l e n n a w l s h e d t o
molce that did not creato the proper fellowshlp on
any probtenatlc faculty

canpus; or sc she thougir should. prevall durlng the firaduation oxerclses as

a clvll ccm:reneem.en t ot s e t a n o x a m p l e t o m o l c l m l n d s l n p u b l l o a c a d e m l c d l g -

nlty Arlrienna had'trled to act wlth honor but lnstead lost her honors, or
'rLlagna'l
honor, of highest grade polnt avcragc (cra1, even though the nlcknano

on canpus as a regal tttle or aegls like an

y . e t r e r n a i n e c a m o n gh c r f r l e n d s

ardra banner of royal red colors hosted to thrs rost estate of academlc hon-

orodacclsllx(rumorofgrad'echangesftllerithefacultylounge).Thegran-
processlonal had little
dour of the south Texas Junior college graduation
garlsh or vu)"3ar acad'en-
g e n u l n e d i g n l t y a m l d t h e p o m pa n d c e r c a o n y , o n l y a
g o w n e dd r e s s l n g s . A n d t h e -
r c a r s a c d r e s s e c rt o t h e b a r e s o c i a r v e n e e r o f t h e r r
hold-up well even at a publlo
dtgnlty of th e infamcus faculty Sang dld not
p r o v i d ' e d a s h o w c a s ef o r t h e l r m l d d l e
matrleulatlon; the graduatlon exerclses

Amcrlca bourgools redneek cat-calls schooled ln thelr own t?wf;wj

( more r ddnec
pscudo.goph!stlcation,llkeaneducatedArchyBunkerarcht
rest of the llntted States' wlth'
llve ln Brooklyn and the Bronx than aII the
gr^'d-
ways)' Tirc typical nldd'le class coIIe g'e
thelr low-nidille-class American
faculty guo(
t h u s b e c a m e l l t e r a i l y a ; r J ' - ' ] t t i or a hoot when tha twelve
n
ustion
7/ J7/ )7 / 37 n:!YroF.
members applaudeci applaucled, lauded and clapped so loud certaln cara-

f r r ' l ' lv n l . r k e r i s t u d e n t
r ua^\t ,i/
! J'!\,s J^^ v graduatos
t)4 u qEr who crosssd the stage, t
even to glvo
- - --- a standlnq
-----J

ovatlon, a spcclal hand of thc nclapstr to a nonchalant functicnaf tlllterate

',vhof1.na11yhad''galned'rforthef1rsttlne*l|D-anoff1c1aIpleceof

r ) R ? e n n rta nn F i n e rv r i t i r t h e f fu n l e t t e r e i l f r n e s c i e n t n a n e o n l t :
t/er v.r'.r/rr u .t,el,
the caref ree but

unofftcial alna mater chantlng attltude bullt t o a c r e s c e n d . oa s t h e f a c u l t y

g a n g t s s v r a ns o n g o r c a r o l c o n t i n u e d t o w h l s t l e , to shout, to squeel and to

stonp thelr feet as these faeultles went wlld! S o m eo f t h o f a c u l t y gang worg

p e r s o n a L L z e dh a t s o r c a p s w l t h t h e i r a c a d . o m l cr o b e s t n f u l I 6raduatlon rQgaLi/;
gowtls with thelr own degreed lotters stamped or stltched on the shoulders,

Ph anrl D appltqufsprcad across thc back, wlth D.'D. or D. Ed,. appltqufd ln

colors, topped wtth a customized eap or hat cowboy stetson hats, hard-hat

tlns 11 chrome or platinurn, mllltary caps and Chlnese tam or Arabrlan fez
(each with the tradltional color codod tassel to indlcate the maJor study

area). T h t s p u b l l c b a h a v l o r o n l y s h o u r e dc r s a t z s o p h l s t l o a t l o n that the fac-

ulty gang thought represented the bost of all posslble Voltalresque worlds,

fully decadent and Jaded now, as the faculty B B n { To r c l a q u e l l k e d t o b r a g

Iater ln tire tongpe-clucklng gloat of thelr vocal chuckles when relatlng this

fine flasco ln the faculty loungo; the dlrty dozcn faculty gang or the whole

Carn group needed tutelagc !n publlc menncrs or at loast shlpplng-off to a

good finlshlnlr school, lf one woulcl have thcru (thcsc phony learnJd educatccl

f o o t s h a d t o o p o m p o u sa n l n t e l l e e t to stoop to abldtng by mlddle class moral-

./ as the notorious tweLyg.
Ity or nores, Ilke a nore bcllef 1n god,: above lt all,

v r h e nd e s c r l b l n g thencselves ln glowlng terms as an aristocracy of t}].u

retorted

rnln d lords o f e d u ca tl o n w h o laud. and lor d, thelr r ank and pr lvllege ov or

thoso hordos not a part of thetr

rclltcn cocktall or sperkle hour'!set-up9tt -.

all thls poop stralght from the bead-hauncboor hotsct s mouth as tolC by tho

resldent bitch ln charge of the rumor mtlL). But theso false erudlte carpot"
puffod-up ego or felgned sclf-
bagger ole codgers or peciants had a colossaL,
and/or eastern eiluc-
rmportance because of their ivy league grad.'ated.degrees
n h e a d g n t o g l v e t h t s h e a d . ya o a t o L t / .
stlonal experiencos that had gonc to thelr
3/ Js/ )B/ i8 rAYr.oR
acculturatlon that self-rlghteously ordalned thls s h r e w l s h , s c o I d 1 n . 3a t t l t u d f -

propagateC by the whole U.S. educatlonal consensus based on SAT or GID score^S,

to asslgn lowl.y status to aII low ranking tested menbers of a republlc as

d.ullard inferlor mentallty w h o c o u L d n o t p o s s t b l y k n o w o r e v e r c c m p r e h e n dt h e -

r i . l -ffe r o n c e b o t w e c n e l e c a n t o r u n c o u t h s o c l a l behavioral treatnent and thuS

acts of no consequenceto befall these hlghty educated ranksd teachers who

take advantase of the considerable lnferior populace, Ilke sltting ducks ln

open soason wlth a ranked.lleonse to pursue (a typlcal snug llberal vlew ac-

cepted aII over thc Unlted States that fad upon ltself and dralned the creat-

lve provrress of others not blrthed from thelr regLonal Cockney set, not a

part of thejr forthrlght slege r so that the faculty gang should thus by somo

d , lv ln c - r l g b t p l a y d e ml g o d .o f a l l knowled.ge as an holy wr lt to have the onl y

lnslght to all pertlnent lnfornation ln the world now b:rscd on an lronlc sd-

ucatlcnal hlerarchy of themsclves as celestlal o denounco

r a n k e d d . o r n a g o g u et g

a s c o r u n o np r e J u d l c e a l l o p p o s e d .t o t h e l r hlgher tutolary vlews vrhlle showlng

thelr total group leadershlp to rlse cunnlngly above the average follles to

espouse all conrplex freod.ons and thus to galn popular acceptance or cornpllcat'

ed control ln a self-rlghtcous p e r v e r s l o n o f g o o d , n e s s rt h e l r brandr now rc-

gulsted fcr thelr own spcclal lnterest; llbcre,ls help groups but hate to aaal-

wlth the indlvlduals). Ttrc faculty g a n g h a t r e d s h o w e dl n t b e l r volce, thclr

spoken wlth a nasal mucold chronlc wlnter colil accent: each havlng
dlalect,
a catarrhal wlth thelr manner of spea(-
a harsh soundlng or scratchy ldeolect,

lng, tcud. T h i s v o c s l b u t s u b t l e u s e o r s - o o k e na b u s e o f o t h e r i r e o p l e , a p a r t

from thesc nasterfur tutors of aclverslt5', characterlzed the subrlmo aeanness

of the faculty g a n g , st p s y c h o l o g l c a l t u t e l a r warefare

or the ultimate test
unw c r thy t
upon thmc w b ,o mth e y d e te ste d . or vr lshed to usur p as dum b and thusly
Departnent dtd not know
The more elegant 6ang menbcrg from the Humanlttes
thenselves humanltarlans
how to be hunano, arthough nost pubrlcalry calred
',V l l 1 a C a th e rf s shor t stor y "Peulr s Caset) - - the w hol c pqr y '-
(rnuch l i k e p a u l l n
gaae Beaneauver Just to k eep l n pr tr ,*
er play dcne ln fun or Jest, Ilke a chess

t ic e i v h e n t h e A d 'rl cn n a U l e l vl n affalr camc a l o n g t o u s e a n d t o a b u s e . The

9/39/?9/)9/)e rAYLoR"
facuJ.ty gaagcd arouncl Adrlcnna to boar hcr atoryr or sldc of thc story tbEt
would bcst bcflt thclr ldlc nccda et l latcr opportune tlnc, tnd tbus caoh

clcver faotlon allglr'il aooordlag to cncalcg ito takci hcr Inrt (or eFrtl ,
nfor a frlend of ay frlcnd ls nlnc, toorr would chant or Lancnt thc ncrry
busybody or tattlor, rn aflolonado of lnaulta, rho took Adrlcnntf s arn wb,llc
gtrolllng tbrougb thc loungc now fulI of Jercaladr. ldrlcnna Uclv1n cvcn ,"1-

dcnly or nlraoulougly fouad cnployacnt on ortrpus rrhcrc ao Jobs hld c-Lete6' tgf
yoarE, to galn rork for tbc klngpln of thc rhrcutl but pcrronablc orlfty Sang
lea6cr whogc cxcrgcnolcs cffcotcd tbc oausc cclcbrcl tlc crposurc of cvcnts

ncvcr rcellzcd ar bclng lnportant to Adrlcnna as shc gcrvcd or rorkc9 .t !co:-

rctarlal eldc to both thc llbrary and thc soolaI studlca dcpartncnta, a ooo-

trollcd but gtolld Job arot for all thc tittrc-tattlc tbat Just nlgbt flltcr

clorn fron thc por-crfutly rll-cnoonlngslng Eclcn Eutohlnsr offloc, toDC ersoa{

fect, nalad,rlotly rolcagcd[, tbat luoh latcr ln tlnc oould bc uscdl clcvcrly

agelnat thc ednlnlstrator -- hcr orn words, lnlnrrlvcly glvcn, uscd agalnst

herself aoncdry to dcvour thc rcputatlon -- sodc fat ohenocE Adlrlcnnarg

wclghty problcn of oonsldcreblc locellzcd proportlons rddcd to her hungcr fof

roocptrnoc that pcrntttcd thc ploklng-of-ber-brrln tlrrrlng a lcleurc goohl-

lzlng cup of boffcc euong oupposcd good frlcndr, r11 supposcdly bcfrlcndcd

for publlc dlcp1.yr oo lcsg, cspcolrlly euch edrolt profcsslonol lnterrogr-

tlon oasually done to gct thc rortcd, frotr ebout thc g3aduatlon rbcnilczvout

oonoerned wlth top dog Hc1cn Brown ffutohlnet bahlnd tbc tocacs clcolslong.
Ancl olc Hclcn Eutohlne hrd for sorc professoratc rcason rcfuccd to Erant Pcr-'-
nleslon for Adt,rlcnnanot to werk rorocs thc publlo ornpus atagcr to thls ln-
ncnsc but hcevy problcn ucnt rll thc way up thc ohaln of oomnaadlto oollcgc
pragldlcnt Dr. Dykcsr offloc nho kncw nothlng eborrt tha equabblc rnd thuc hro
gkln as Adlrlcnnr
grantcd pcrnlsslon ln wrltlng no lcss to plck-up the ahccp
and laoturcd
called her estoolate dlcgrcc -- Ecrcn Hutohlns Iatcr cnoountcrccl
plnoblng Adtrlcnners fat
Ad.rlcnna ln her pluah offloc, to squcr.r roudry whlre
ohcckcr 8o ednonlshcd, "Oh, you lwtct dcvll' you!tr -- [o fat llP or flaok
o/ tro/tro/t o/ t*o rAYroR
t ak cn f r o n a n yo n c. T h e ch a l l e nge dlil not go r r aneti the unnltlgated gal l or

c x po s e d l n e p t n crvc o f A d rl cn n a to buck thc Hclcna aystealatlc chaln of oon-

rnnd o r c c h e lo n o f p o w cr'g tru cttnc httl lafur latcd Hc1cn Eutohlns, for thc

rc el collegc p o w ct l ry w l th th ls englnccr lng lndy as shc oontlnucd to quc l l

thlg graiuatcd cxpolrurc wltb r loud oluaklng of har tonguc-ln-ohcck gouncls -

gouads tbat also wcnt qrck-qwak fuII of cahocs fron thl hot dry elr ln tbc

t h ro e t n o t y ct n e d c n o tst b y the r plttle of Hclcnr s oontentlous llpel An0

Adrlcnne dlA lndecp pty thc prlcc or pcnalty for hcr ladlgorctlon whcn a Bc@

or dlatum canc froo olc l[12 He1cn Hutahlnsr offloa that ncrc staff oould not

go t o t h e f a o ul ty l o q n g c to tl rl nk ooffccr tr o longer to soeleLLzc publ l c al l 'y t

t o c b , e w - t h e - fa t o r b ca t tb e g u ns, r ll pr lvllcges dcnledl lndcflnltcly bc c r us c

of the cLash of wllls tbat now bcoauc tbc ungpokan frlvollty bctwccn tbe tro

hef t y fellnes, th csc l l ttl c-Il l tl cr per tonalltlcr . Eowcvcr , thc fao ul ty 8os '

s lp s t o l d a n i l rcto l d th a sa n c old tlddlc teddlc, to cr pleln to cr ob othc r

wlt h g l e c , all th c o n o c E rb l l a battler that nor qulctly cnsucd to tl c fr nc

both Fc1cn and Adtrlcnnaf g character -- tbc faoulty quletly

gEag of
9o*ac
rupp o r t e d t h e b l l l o f rl g b ta f fr ccdonr to opceoh cver ywhcr c, ln onc qul c t

brea t h , t h c s e tl tu l a r fo l kg h l sscal tbclr r upcr lor r lr s or ooneer ng l or os s

t hc h a l l o w c d l h tl l w a ya , tl t-fo r-ta t r g tn car fut for all ths olap- tr ap, al l

l n trl q u e d o n c u nd,cr tbc nr soar adc of a ear nlvr l attltudc fr on

t hc c o l l c g l e t c
faoulty gang to cnJoy obrcrvtng thclr clrndlcstlnc hrndllwork' all
tJrc tltan

t he e f f o r t s now 80 loudly ve rb allzQ( I.

Thc oral faoulty oonvivlal ctnospherc provldctl I wclooncd lnprovcncnt

funcr cal mood so cvlitcnt of latc. Ll ttl c

t o t h e o l d d le n E l 1 o u n g c w l th ltg

clee gccmed to lntercst the gosalp nongers bcyond thc Lrrgubrloua or gloony
wlth nountl ng
t hroe t o f t h c d yl n g co l l e g c,Just to kacp Gver y teacher upsct
errcstn
runorr , clusc blgh br.ood prcssurG readlng to ohronlo oardleo
"tffto
But the Adlrlcnna Mclvln affelr rcvltellzcd tbc gonbcr l0ungc runol roor' to

rf t g t b 6 t o n g ue c o r to b rl n g Jo youa tlttle- tadttlc baok, ellvc lad w c Il ; thc

pr occgslonal cso a;ndc adac d

not o r l o u s Ai l rl e n n a u cl vl n g ra i l uation conncncanent
.L/ 4L/t+L/4r ravron

a n c w b t g h - l n tcrcst l cvcl a s tlnc Insscdl or pr ogr csscd dcLlber atcly . And

t h e n e x t A d l r l cn n a ca ca l n d c cvcn tr or o enuscd tb faoulty spcotator sr s c l f-

p t o c l a l m e c l s ocl e l crp crtsr E o affalr bassd on a dlct r ather than th c ty pl oal

s c ru a l p o l l t l c s th a t u o u a l l y pr cvallcd.ln al,l thc caopus natter s. Ad.r l c nna

dcoldcd to lose oycr an b,undrcd poundc, but aotually only l,ost clgbty-flvc

bcforc s h c b co a n e so l rrl ta b l c anil snappy to bltc cvcr yoncf s hcad-off, and

t hus b e g a n h e r cra sh d l ct --a l l thc od1blc plans wcnt wcll, to avo l d c atabl c

snacka and all Ju n k fo o d s fro m thc Looal cater y or gr casy spoon r cs taur ant
on e a m p u s t h a t svcn th e o l ty h ealth dcpar tncnt hatl clos cd as thc fll thl c r t
plaoc ln Houston torm. Thc dlctary lnocntlvc howcvcr to shcd the crocsrs
poundagc had dlcrlvcd fron a decp clcslrc to havc an, affalr wlth hcr ohuroh

organlst frlcnd wlrca bubby l'fclvln rpat on sumcr arny blvouax tralnlng, a

Iustful salaolous sohcnc for thls bungry sciluotlon by a fat lady -- a rathcr

oanp y l d c a t o p l a n so fa r a h e a d for slx nonths, thls for nloatlon o r ad,ul tr y ,

on t h e p r o t e s ta n t o h u rch p re n l scsr tr o lcss. And thc heavy pounds J us t ," " r d

to nelt ot to pour froa hcr stooky franci untll one day carlyrA(lrlenna began

to nrnoh anil to cat nuoh largcr portlone or at least norc oftcn onoc agaln:

har y e n t o t l l c t h a d ch a n g cd , su ddcnly whcn poor dcJeotcd Adr lenna dl s oov er c dl

that thc young scxy fellow she wantcd to havc or to know ln tbc trucst

Blb llc a l s o n s c o f tb l s a d u l to ro us affair no longer held any lntcr cs t for

her, c v c n a s a n e r6 p ctso n w h e n thc wclght pcr lahcd. And thc shapc l y fl gur c

had cnerged wlth aLL lts fenlnlquc, a lors nov nournccl ln hungry angulsh --

Adrlcnnaf g oulturcd. nlnd hcld llttlo lntcrcst or psrsuaslon for tbc youag

A ilo n l s a s l n th e p a sti to o o a n y our yy d.lstr aotloas, par haps now cxl s tc d ( anA

as wcll thls rca g o n l n g h a d l n fl ucnocd thc or tglnal pr oblcn to fccd thc faoc

and thcn to nourigh thc nlnd rathcr than to scduoc cvcrybody to galn attcntl0/[
l14/
11kc cvcY6-nc elgcl. Chcrub faocd Adrlenna, alnost rcraph l,ooklngr dlcl not
z/ t*?/ t+2/bz rAYI",oR

appoar thc pert of the typlcal trollop worklng vrlfe nor had l'{s. ACrienna
\k'
looke d l t k e th c ca n p u s sw ce th e ar t str unplt whlle cnr olled as a you ng unl v -

orslty student, cvon though she now quallfled as a courtesan or':8B'lpug

harlot, not unllke her colloagues who had mado thts campuslnto one blg

bordell-o or whors house. But Adrlenna had a marrlago of ten yeats vlntaga:

h e r h u s b a n d .a n d t h e y o u n g o r g a n p l a y e r h a d a c l o s o p e r s o n a l f r l e n d s h l p r t o o - t
rnlseryn) Adrlennat s intend:d cuckhold
cvon though runor hsld trrat Ms. (uh,

wa s g a y a s a g o o sc. T h o l o o k of lnslght lnbucd a suddon r evelatlon on ol e

Adrtennar s angelio facc that cloudeit beyond one of constornatlon and/or

quiot desperatlon of resigned frustratlon v r h o nr e a l l z l n g sho'had beon cleverly

oultivated. or usedrslnply abuscd., to gain acccss to her own husb'lnd (nuuuy

perh a p s o v e n l n d u l g o i l a l a l so n wlth thlg hlgbly o.r aI but vostlglr l s l tuatl on) ,

Tho vrholo stagcd clrcumgtance provlded food for thought to aII tire faculty

gossips.

T h e *o s sl p s 1 n th c ).o u n g c had an ctplanatlon for ever ythlng a ni l of

coursc nade-up whatever facts nccilod to scrve thclr zurposc to cxplloate

the nystcry at hand, all done as local color wlth flalr or panash. 0bvl-ous

flalr and loeal oolor, fu}l of charactcr, e a r o et o t h e g e n o r a l a t n o s p h e r c

and'
of th c f a e u l t y 1 o u n 6 9 evb .e n th e phllosophy teaehor Ar t &lason wor e k Ll ts
played bag plpes to entertaln thc cducatorg by slnglng on the premlses
Affablo A r t I \ { a g o na c t u a l L y d l d l n d e o d h a l I from
during coffee broaks.
lilghrandors gJoup
scotland and thus played hls bag ptpes for the scottlsh
gathered to keop ?Ilvc the
ln Fiouston, for thc sootg as dlsplacod, persons
.l/ trl/ t l/ trl TAYToR

tradltlons of tho oId. countr5 evcn to rccrult Anerlcanlzecl descendants

from the Scottlsh clans ln the colonLesr Bs the erlsp dlalects rcferred

t,o ccntinontal Unlted States. Art however preferred to slng and to per-

form before an audlenco at publlc functlons whero teLevlslon news covoraBe

could catch hls best proflle shot, to lndulge glamor and glory ln tlnsel

clty. Teachlng Just dld not provlde the exeltlng Llfc, Bven thcugh he had.

the rlght k l n d o f a n e d u ca tl o n offer cd ln the wsster n wor ld wlth hl s bac -

calaurate degreo or d.lploma, as thc ftne prlnt read on the lanbr s skln, both

d. eg r c e s : o n e , fro m 0 xfo rd a n d an llA fr or n the Sor bonne ln Par ls, Fr anc e ( fr e

seldon stayed louger than two years at any one school or so tho record.s

lndlcatod. A r t t r r l a s o np r e f e r r e d t o s l n 6 l n 2 b 1 1 c morc than anythlng elso

1n ltfe; he vrasao Irleh Tenor slngcr but had a thlck speaking Seots accent

ln normal specch, Btr'aoccnt that rag alnost lmposslbl"c to comprehond: he

pronouncod, nBulb for Bob and Tholn for Ton.n Prunclatlon dld not clarlf,y

A r t l d a s o n ts a p p e a l , b u t s l n g l n g c o n m r r n l c a t e d a l l hls csscncc to others.

And Art sang the song'rDanny Boyt so wcll t h a t t h e d c m a n dg r c w a l l over

thc clty, evcn on TT'shows tllt the fanod Dlallng For DoIIars nornlng show

natlonally ln Houston rcquested hls renilltlon (connectlons

that orlglnated

wlt h t h e B o n S h a w a g e n cy th e n hand.lcd.the natlonal lxodellng gave A r t M as on

t he p u b l l c o pp o rtu n l ty to sl n 6 h1s hear t ottt. Ben ghaw had been th e c ow boy

on Ed Sulllvantg o l d I ' V ' s h o w s ; B e n S h a v rh a d h e n d . l e d t h e a r r a n E g n e n t s l n

the space clty. And of coursc
H o u s t o n w h e n G r a c e K e l l e y o f [ ' , l o n o c ov l s l t o d
for the natlonally telovlsed' show
B o n S h a v rn o w p r o v t d c d n o d e l g a n d . t a l e n t
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n Dla l l n g f o r D o l l a rsn p ro g ra m that or lglnated ln Houston town each nor ni ng.

Ben $ h a r v h l r n s e l f h o w e ve r h a i l Just dlcd gucldenly of a vlr uss pncuDonl a, or

so the llouston coronerr s rcport stated wlth thc lnlnltable Josef Hclmcshck

slgnaturc. But the medleal grapc vlnc of Bertner at llolcombrc Boulcvard

hawk c c lw l t h l ts l a b o ro u s sto rl e s and gr aphlc detalls that d,caclolc Bc n Shaw

hadbcendc11bcrate1yann1h11atcd,k1l.Icdbyan1crob1o1.og1st'expert1n
gern warlarc, polsoned as lt wcrs, by a tlttlc known organllm tbat bldcr

or nagcaradcg ltself ag pneumonla-- all done durlng thc wlntry scason of

m a lco n t c n t b y a n a n g ry g p o u sc and/or lover to one of thc chlc node Ls r 8tr

cnemyall out of sorts, who felt that the agency gavc a raw deal ooncernlng

fees and promlsed publlc appcaranccs, a dastardly clecd oncc too often donc

to somenoylce nodcl, avenged now ln an lnlmlcal subtcrfuge. Only the dls-

c reet n s m a r t - sctt w o u l d co o to cach other al.l theac dccp dar l acor c tatl v c

Iove bouts whllc soclellzlng ln a ncarby Rlvcr Oaks manglon, whlle also

hearlng a barrdygcottlsh dltty that parallclcd the anclcnt ballad subJcot

natter rlth tbr prcrcnt Bcn thaw balledry es errn8 by rongstcr Art lfason

abou t a l o g s n o t so sl o vcn l y cxcoutcd. Blllad,ccr Ar t } lason sang hl s w al

ln t o H o u s t o n so o l cta l sl tu a tl o n s and thus onvr ar d lnto tloustont s hlgh r ool c ty

ag 1t wcrc.
H o u s t o n h l g h so cl e ty o n te rtalnm ent at par tlcs dcnandcd thc publ l o dl s -

p lay o f l t s n cw e st d a rL l n g o r play thlng, tr oubad.our Ar t l{ asonr who ol al nc i l

k lns h l p o r l l ne a g c to th c rcl g n lng r oyal fanlly of England, a wayruar d'fl ndr of

conncctlon desccnded to euecn Ellzsbcth II, couslns thrlce removcd by tlnc

thc
and place -- all so oarcf'ldd)vooallzcct whcn Prlncess tlargaret vlsltcd
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space clty or o11 clty encrgy capito'I of the world to ralsc funds to remodcl

t he o l d g r a n de o p e ra h o u sc l n London town, a glmr nlck to capltallze on her

famlIy connectlons (royaI fund ralstng reoognlzcd thc lnternatlonal wcalth
and value of depresslon-proof llouston). And Art }fason agaln sang to the

looal gentry when lrincc Charlcs, the oharmlng Prlnoc of tlaLcs, vlsltcd
\_flPACE CT.T|f /I
I $PACECIIY .
Llttle olc Houston h l g h s o ol c t y . Consequently, thc regal davallar Art
I t [ as o n b e e a m e th e sl n g l n g sw a l n all over tovun, known ln all the r lgh t pJ ,ac c s ,

espaelally entertalnlng at partles glvcn by Jo Anno King Herrlng, a formcr

I t f ls s A n e r l c a w h o h o stcd E u ro p can r oyalty ln her Ilouston pLacc whlle al s o

beln g h o s p l t a bl e to K l n g I{u ssaln and the Shah of fr an wlthln thc s r uz s r al nty

on her Houston estate. The songblrd Art Mason also crooned hig Lyrlcs to

t h e m a g l c c l r cl c sct d .o ml n a tcd by Lynn Sakowltz who had becn aw ar ded

"' { yatt
ilt he m o s t e L eg a n t w o n a n l n th e wor ldn - - not go honor cd. Just oncc but thr ec

y€ars ln a row (Lynn hosts partlcs aII over ttn worlil as wcll as ln her

Houston palaalous manslon wherc Trunan Capotc frcquents). Singster Art Masol\-)

for a scason relgncd as the muslcal dcllght or darllng of thc smart Jet sct.

B u t A r t l r r l a s o no v e r e x t e n d e d h l s e n e r g l e s a n d h l s n c a g e r p e r s o n a l f l n a n o e s ;

hc ll v e d o p u l e n tl y, e xtre n e l y hleh and m lghty, whllc spcndlng hls nonoy nuc h

faster t h a n he co u l d ca rn tb e hugc suns noccssar y for hls hlgb falutl nt w ay l /

one w e c k , Ar t U l a so n b o rro w e d thr ec hundr ed ilollar s cash fr on ?appy taw r etr c c t

a s p e e c h a n d -E n g l l sh te a ch e r a t South Texqs Junlog CoIIcgc - - bor r o w ec l the

s ut t r l n c a s h u n sl g n cd a s A rt h l msclf ha pay day whloh cam c ev er y

t wo w e c k s . B u t fo u r n ro n th s l a ter , Ar t hail not r e- pald ths anount a nd had

t hus b e g u n t o a vo l d o l e ma n P a ppy ln the long hallways and evcn sln gul ar l y

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ln th c g o s s l p y fa cu l ty l ,o u n g e . The cycs ancl ear s of the walls, so m c J l m

Dandy tadtllc-tales, ln the teaohcrsf Lounge Just scencd to know about thls

flnanclal sltuatlon the londlng of fllthy lucre, and only the threat of

Icgally garnlshlng thc paychcck enablcd the nuch oldcr man to get hls money

back (tne coller:e prcsldent hlnsclf h a d o o n f r o n t c d A r t l \ d a s o nw l t h o u t l n v o L -

vlng Pappy pcrsonally). Art thcn gLadly repald the loan anil lmnedlatcly

ac t cd a s t h o ug h n o th i n g h a d o ver happcnccl betwecn Pappy and hlnsclf -- e

convenlent sltuatlonal cthlcs wlth flarc or pqnash chantcd forth thc

purs c d l l p s o f t}rc w a g g l n g to n gucs that knew pr eclsely how to br ow bc at s onc '-

o n c ! n p a r t l e ul a r w l th th c sa nc old tldtllc- tatldlc but pr cscntcd^ ln a s ubtl c

new fanglcil nanncrl Art had a glanour or Jest to hls personallty that cr-

I lv e n e d t h c r o o n r B o y to o n , a n d pr tlcular lLy the faeulty Ioungc w hc r e s o

nuch chlt chat bentcrcd tbout thr rrlle rlth all thc shootlng-of-thc-brcczc

by all thc blow-hards on cenpus -- ccrtrln goselpy tcaohcrs cggcd Art to do

ancl to say thlnga that roulil rcycrl lorc than nlght ordlnarllt bc ralal about

ertrencly personal eltuatlons, to nakc aIl the cars burn: qucstlons about

hls love llfe ncvcr got deflnlte snswcrs, but qucstlons about hls drlnklng

Scotch and nlsslng classcs dld ralac a fcw hlgh browsl fron low to hlgh.

Art madcno bones about hls ltklng the natlonally celcbratcd drink lnportcd

from hls old country. The scotoh bottlc provlilccl a ooncretc examplc or rc-

mlnder of Art lfasonts real seLf -- the bottlc r e m a l n c d ,a o o n s t a n t o o B p a n l o n

rrt rc r c e v e r A rt tra vcl l e d , a l w a ys onc or two ln the glovc oonpar tm ent of thc

automobllc, a swlg ot a drop or two thet gave solaec llka thc balLadrcr atr

envol or o1d refratn full of Artf g own nusical co,'nposltlon, to escapa the
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clrcrry class roon dlulhrds wb,osclnpttlcnoc cvcn to try to rced on a thlrcl

grade lcvcl dlsgustcd pcdant Art Ueson. Btrt Art had no pettcnoc of his own
to tcrch or to ettcnpt to tcrcb tho Aacrloan blokcs or bonchcad.s;the rc-
scarch prper dctalls oould not lntercgt tlr duIl, wlttcd collcgc studcnts as
belng rcvclant cnougb for thcn to ctey ewakc rlurlag thc crplenatlonr o- sono

lgnorant know-lt-alls Jugt got-uB rnil walkcdl out of thc clrss bcoeusc of
thc borlng asslgnrcnt that clarcd to rcqulre thc wc of thc evcn Borc dull
Ilbrary, vuhcrcnothing ooulcl beppcn but tb rc-hash of ilced knowlcdgc or so

theec Lazy collcgc studcntg dcllghtccl crolelnlng ln ctgcr but loud publlo
protest to all olasl rcqulrcncnts not of thelr oellor youthful dlcnandlng

cxpcrlenec (a borcd nlnd lcproscntr rn cnpty dull lntcllcot tbat IrEscg

ItscLf rs I nor! of crocllrnoc). lvca ncwooncr Art liheon orltlolzcd thc

lnfl,r:r of pcoplc to flnd Jobs tn boon town Eqrston: thc dynenrlo coonony
brought tbc rorst cduoatcd part of thc poprlaoc fron lll othcr reglone of

thc Unltcd Statcr; tbosc vrho oould not cuoccod clscwhcrc hed brought thclr
Dctgc! or 1lnltcd gkllls end cvcn rctkcr mntal b,orlzons -- CrLlfornle bclng

thc 1cast or poorcrt cdtuceted, tho beokrnrd nltl-wcstcr&cr, lndl thc stupld
frozcn nlndcd north lendcrg, eII plrocl rnccrcdt by thc bluc aoscd Art. T'hc

braggedoolo rrty ldecoa tootcd thc Houston gtetlstloe: thc tcn hlgbest rrnkcdl

hlgh gchools ln thc nlrolc untted gtatcc crlst ln thc Eoustoa cnvlroasl eco-
sprarllng 18-
ond to nonc errcwherc; thua, the lncpt lorrconcrs chcrcal tbclr
norsnco llke e raglng f,lrc ln e fcrtllc forcst of aoadcnlo InBcrwork' And

.Art lfiloh oonscquently lbhorcd tb fcdcrellzcd aystcn of I quote cduoatlon

alow nlndcd or dull thlnklng BcoBlc
tbet hr s bccn rulncd by pcrnlttlng tb
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to oontlnuc ettcndlng olesgcg for luoh e long tlnc bcyond the slrth gradc

bcoausc thc lgnorant now donlnetc thc Aacrloan allsg room socnc antl thus
puII dovrntl1 lntcllcotuel purrultr to thclr lor lcvcl or wclk nlnclcd csteto,

And the Unltcd gtetcrf wholc olvlllzrtlon has bcgun to reap tbc lrok of

sclontlflo tdvrnocacat wltb thc cnctgy orlsla ebowlng tlet tbc young rlnd's

oaa not vlgullzc cycr I Dtrns to oorrcot tbc problcn, rny problcn, for thc
world, hea elwryc crlctcd tn thc Drrrcnt rtetc utt wlll cvel thur aontlnuc

cxeotly !n lta prescnt oondlttoa -- Jurt too lgnorent cvcn to quallfy es

bolng dunb, suob llk, t.l": Art lfiront Urny gtrscntl eak nrzzlng qucstloas

oonoernlng tclcvlslon rn. t

dcplct Jcrur Chrlrt rldlng on I donkcy or rs!: thrr uarcrcl puDllg r83uao tbrt

ilre gon of God rbould rldc ln e nor lollr Royoc (end thc oollcgo tceohcrr
gct tbs horac-l1rgb for crplrlnlng tbc truc pcrrpcotlvo d hlgtorlorl in-

vcntlonr thet tbcsc raell nladg rcfugc to ednlt or to lcrn3 todry rcprcsonttr

ell thcsc nlndl ctn rto rhllc ycatcrd.ey bes no valuc or rcvchnoy, lndl of

ooursc tonorlow ctn ntvcr bc dlffcront fron Nowl)' Scgc brrsh ualcarncd

studcats htvc bccn ellorcd to netrloulrtc rr oclcbrrtcd graduatcr lnto thc

Rrbllc unlvcralty quota aystcn tbrt glvre eddltlonel fundlng to rohools

hevlng no gradc 1owcr tban r C; thtr , e blrakct B rvcrlgc eegcrly rcsulta

to grln tbc oovctcd oonGt: the foggy nlloonocptlon Pcrpctuetcd ln thc ln-

etualcatgr nlndl tbet thclr knowbctgc rcDrcrcntl rcrl lcrrnlng, e 8ub-

fletcd
norn, partlouhrlly vrhcn
rtanderd cxccllenoc that beooncs tht tll-Ancrlcrn
workcdl to
bcratlng oollcgc tceohcrl Just llkc tbc b18h gcbool teotlog that
ovor rdultg rho d'lrc try to oorrcot thc
ncll to cnbenor gtudlot rupcrlorlty
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111 cduoated nunbgkullr oorvortlng tbclr outcay fllppent dlsrcprrd for for-

nel ccluoatlon; tb.ccc llndlcsg mntrl rlobo low lttcnd oollcgcs by tbc ln-

fcctuoug dtoYcl.
And thus fcr lntellcctrnl gelnlng e oollcgc dcgrca
nlndc rcgult rryhen

in the Ancrlcen cduortlonrl gystcd; Ancrlorn rerdcuh doeg not produco

thlnkero, only tcobnlolans; luropo provld,oa ell tbc rcll lntcllcotg todey

botb for thc llterrry rnd thc tcobnlcrl lnvcntlons eg cvldlcaoci by thc nls-

sllc end sproo probr lnvcatlonr oonlng lnto the NASAprogfrn fron Gernan
cnd Brltlsh cd,ucatcdllnvcatorl rboro dlsolpllnc crlats rt oonmonoourtcry

but pernlsslvc cdlucrtlonc rclgqr ruprctro ln thc Unltcd Statcc. Ancrlolr s

hr cdueetlontl cystra rnd aoo1rl perglng polloy on thc hlgb gohool lcvc1
rcekcng forcvcr thc quellty of llfc ln thc onoc lupcrtor or clltc Uattcd

Statcs, ecoordllng to thc Art Uegon enoorly ln hlr lsolltlon lt South Tcrrs

trunlor CoLlcgo from thc lntclllgcntth of olcl London or gootlradl -- thc oor-

plctc durllty. of Artr s ocrcbrel proocrr thowcd ln thc rnonlc of hlc tonggt
ruoh r! I Sootrnrn glnglng thc frlrb dltty "Ilanny Boy" (tnc lrrrdlor of nl-
tlonrl oonfllotr nlnglcd wlth tbc donogrrBhlor thet e lnooty lntclllgcnoo
oould not oycr-look wlth rl1 ltr rurbllngr). Otbcr grr,rnbllngr on thc ool-

lcgc ftoulty tlro. oftcn roundlcdlfrol tb tcnrrrcdl rrnkr. Andl ournudgoon Jon
prtrontzlng nuncr (or hok of nucrrtl
Utller ohlnncd-ln wlth ble typlorl
-- ildl0t stvants,
to eonncnt that thc dcrf rnd dunb or ronter rcterdat!!
elli -- do not dcsorvc tlnc by oollcgr teaohcrg sinoc tcaohlng eldla oouldl

pcrforn thet ohorc, hncntcd tbc pottrat Ulllcr (trurnrnterllns fclt to solry

for ron Mlllcrrc ttatc Of nlnd untll thc renk end tcnurc pronotlont grvf
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hln tho fourth htghcgt srlrry rcwarclc for thesc orucl ettitudcs whllc thc

dlcdlcatcd, barct-worklng tceohcrg gct pcnrllzcd wlth cvGn lorcr noncy on tbc

inoruncnt Fy corlr -- Ancrlorn knor-hor now ncglcotg truc lndivldurl ao-

oonpllrbncntr end huds thc lezy who rppcer bury rlnoc ohss loon tcrchlng

hrc bccrmc a frablonrblc punlrbncnt for thc pcdent: tba unilcr-lnld ancl thc
ovcr-'6o1kcd ipconst do tlnc ln thc rtdcnt ercne rhcrc thcgc rorkctl rcrp
thc bcncflts crllcd "ugly Ancrloenil. Thc stetc funcls rcunrdl thc rorst of

tbc lot, both for thc harlh faoulty ncnbcrs rnd thc hzlcst studcntr gct-

tlag hlgh grrdos for ncro et,tcndenoo or cerncd frvors besod on cuput scrull

polltloa! Art lvleroncontlnuedl to dcncen Amcrloans and thclr leok of hls

brend of Ccltlc oulturc3 thc futurc gcncrttlong of young Ancrlorns wlll thut

cxpcct e glft or frec rlde frorn tho govcrancnt and weld ln gcncrrl Just

bcoaugc of thc glvc-eway pcrnlgslvc eooltl-lnarlng cduoetlonrl phllorophy

today thtt shoulil confcr r dlgolelncr dcgrcc ls r rcsult of thls crsetz cd,-

uoatlon -- tbc Soottlcb rantlng cobocd-off thc four walls of thc faoulty
loungc es tb prceohy 1coturc oontlnucd llkc thc strc olc rcoor{ or rcfrrln:
rcoond vcrsG, sl[c oheptcr of Ancrlolns vcrrut luropcua. Europo cduoetcr

la rlx yctrs bettcr tbra docs fourtccn y.lrt of thc Unltcd gtetort cttuoatloacr/

systcn. And thcn eftcr r1r ycrrs of luropcrn gnnorr sobool, tho oboloc FCt*

sonally for e tcchnlerl robool oonfrontr thc oonttncntlel forclgn youth to

pursuc r luorrtlvc voortlon: tbc rcel, rorldl lnvolvcg tbc llfc of tJrc lvcrr8'

Eqropcanrg cduoatlonrl prclnrltlon rnd notlvation rt r youngct rgc thrn dool

rbout e quellty cduoatlon' Art lfieon

thc youth of ancrlce thlnk ldcelly
rn clltctt, r nln of qurllty llkc thc clvallcr found'lag tldc-
crpound.cdt!
mtcr rlgncrs of thc Ancrloen oonstltutlon, wbo beok thcn hrd no tolcrrnoc
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tl<-a 2- -4J
for the tlmeless tlnc-rnsterg end thc stupldl students rhopoag ago fled

to the frontler b u t n o w l n mo der n clr ols or gar b becona pr ofesslonel l l fe-

g t u d e n t g l n t h e u n l ve re a l cd u o atlonal syr tcn of the Unlted Stateg. Anc l

t hus A r t l r , t a s o nco u l d n o t h l d c hls obvloua lm patlenoc or oontem pt wl th the

dull o r s l o w w l tte d puplle; A rt dld not r epeat er plQnatlons for tho s e r e-

slclual mentel reJeets who dld not llstsn earefulLy (Dr. Davld Fagen also

held the sane predlleotlon tovard the stuplcl). But the quallty teaoher

reoeiveg no rewardg for attenpts to oorrcot an lgnorant state of nlnd:

t he t e a o h e r g t te d l u m o f a i l n l n l str atlve*- ettltudes that r equlr enents nus t

conforn 1n trlpllcate oarbon coples only keeps the dedlcated taaoher too

b u s y t o p u r Bu s cre a tl ve cn d e a vor s, only ttr e bor edom of r epetltlon p€r ps t-

rrat e g t h q f u n ctl o n a l l l l l te ra te syndr one thet donlnates all levelg of the

educ a t l o n a l e xp e rl e n ce (o o rn rn l ttec wor k thus glves gtatus and power to tl F

stynled l n t e l l e o t, b e tte r kn o w n ag the ednlnlstr atlve attltude or pow €r

eltte). Thus, the frustratlon rccultg ln hatrcd toward eech other as

adv e r s a t y t e a o h e rs o o n p e tl n g for the sam € llnlted r ank and tenur e gl ot

on t h e l a i l i l e r o f su o o cst; l nsults beootr c a way of llfe ln thls l ntel -

"ld
Iectual glretto, fuLl of baok-bttlng and etrTy, unless belng a part of en

indlvldual elaque or ol,lck on son6 pet oonmlttcc the anlnoslty reelly

beoomlng snlde saroagmfor everyone not ln thelr partloular grouple (tne

h 1 6 h e r t h e p o sl tl o n o r ra n ke d tenur c, the m or € oaustlo the r etr ar ks beoaus e

powor corruptlr and absolute powcr corrupte abrolutcly, to quote tor{ Aoton).

And nunerous sub-groups banileil together for the sake of thelr own nlloontentr
)
lc leo r o g y g r o u p cd so mo d l ssl d e n tg whtle nasaL twang clllster k*- %owo r
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w l th
crazcd. cducators who hsd no clout, o

t h a t h o n k e d t h e l r d l s o o n t e n t l n t h e faoulty lounge. But the yankec teac her s

r. 8 I o r r r l - p u b ll ca IIv p ro o l e l n e cl poetlc )
rlFn a v e ln publlc wlthout censur 6: the bl s c tr f

of d e n o g r a p h lcs sh o n e d w h e n b e r atlng Sctr tber n accentg aad all polnt s South

as b e l n g l g n o ra n t a n i l b e h l n d -th e- tlr acr ; these noithelnlttber elg oo l ned ter ns

to express thelr aeadenle dlseontent suoh as l inegravatloni to teaob 1g-

noran t b l a c k s yrh o a re to o n n l g rantn to lear n beceuse of speeklng th el r

n n lgg e r e e c a n l l n g o -- o n l y th e wlsdon of thesc yankee hlgh br owg tr angc enc l c d

o b v lo u s l n o p l e ty i l o w n S o u th w l th thelr scelawr g sanctlnonous hypocr l s y so

f u l, t o f d o g m atl o e p l l h e ts b e o e use thelr attltudcs advenced the myt h ths t

on1ySouthern"#*pre9gpreJud1octowardn'e8roeg'5uohclenogreph1cs
belng a to.ol of the educated sadlstlo ednlnlstratlve attltude that also
I
4<V tl
proolalnf;"no longer beve to be nloe to teaoherg who rre dlme a dozoarn.

Th ls f a n a t l o su b tl e w a rfa rc o f adnlnlstr ator c upon the tr uly har d- wor k l ng

encl honor studded teaohers paraff {tnc novel CArcH 22 heterodory synilronc

of thl pllot ca cl rc fru g tra tl o n feeter lng lnto hatr ed for the bur eauor atl o

systen and then ventlng the,peraonal fYy ln ebsurd pllot nlsclons tbst oftep-

k lI I o r i l e s t r o y th e l r o w n o o h o r tc ( wlth fr lends llke these, tr o one needs

any enenlesl th u g l yrth e o a L contcntc gpr eacl t]r e acailenlc equlvelent of the

s t o lli l proverblal n tl l ta ry ml n d that dr or nc lts or n pr oblcng ln the nur k y

6 ls t re c r o f oth e rs; th e o n l y d l ffcr ence betwecn thls br end of blgotr y rc-

soundg ln the ear not the nasal twangr a convenlent llfe-Ile so penetratlng
w oul C l
and borlng, o n l y th e h a p p y hour Lush or ilr unken oocktall Pedant
t ha t
ln Jest to mlstrset' revlle
dare espouse such ltberal verbagc of abuge even
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o r d l s p a r a g e wl th h l g h h a a d e d s l- ander aIl connon folks by wltty r en ar k s

that lronlca),ly p l e o e s th e p e rs onal lnveotlve on thenselves llke a boon-

srsng so typlcal of the llnouslne llberal d.evlcegknonn as the rlcohollc

or dr u g c r r l t u te €go8peeg.

And Art Urson also drank hls natlonel Scotch to'.forget or to eseapo

t he b o r e d o n o f b a vl n g to te a o h only seventh gr adle level lnfor matlon on the

college sc6no (one wegtern unlverslty hlred ftfth grad.e Englleh teeeherg to

lns t ru c t thelr fo o tb rl L p l a ye rs who eoulcl not wr lte or speek ln ooher ent

sentenoes, guch as tbc rhetorlo Justtficd; the elenentary teacherg had the

patlence to present the baslo llngurl skllls that r akllled professor oould

n o t h e l p b u t sccth o r Je e r a t s uoh low leveL skuU pr lctloe by the ethl etl o

ooeoh e g ) . A r t l rfa so n co n p l a l n e d that ha never got to teeeh the quel l ty of

k n o w l e d g e h c h a i l l ca rn e d o n th e oollcgc level. The ler r ndd Ar t dlr r nk l l k c

e flsh to forget the ctally haranguc or to essuage hls lntelIeat that hed

been lnsulted b y th e A n e rl o cn youth hls llver now plekled nust h av e l oof{

llke a eleve or a spleckled trout efloet or awash ln llfers drlvlng fotoeg.

Art d r o v e h 1 s a u to n o b l l e w b l ,Ie under thc aloohollc lnfluenoe: he dr ov e l l k e

a f len d or i b a t o u t o f h a d e s when e tr uck on the fr ecwey Insscdl too pl os c l y

adl-up
"otffion"
s lc ie t h e b u r L cy tru o ke r, to o tl n g tbe hor n r nd shoutlng obscentler , ful l of

f lnge r e d g e s t u re s --rA rt dld alI thcsc gyr atlons only when lnebr late d fr on'

hig d a l l y l n t r ke o f a n w o 6 n S cotch toddy. Tlppllngly m or e thr n onc or Ar t

lile s o n e l - s o p erfo rn e d h l s l n n e n e gestur lng to a tr aln that blew lts w hl s tl c

e n c l g o a r a d h l n o u t o f a sp l rl te d tr ance beoausc of the one- upnr agh l p hl gh

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slgn known es the oonolson: nlddle flnger, Just flylng hleh upward ln a
ra g € t o g l v e f e n th e b l rd t -- A rt thea chagcd the shr lek of tlr e tr eln untl l
the street p l aye d -o u t o r cu rve i l ar ound a benil that suildenly er ogsed l onto

the rall road bcd trecks: Art rode peII neIl lnto the slde of the glant

lro n h o r s e a s h e so o fte n ca l l e d thc loconotlves whoq under the lnfl uenc e

of drlvlng llke r d ru n k T n d l e n Chlef ( tne tr r ln cr agh put Ar t l{ ason l n thc

hos p i t a l for n o n th s, cl u rl n g w h l ch tlns the oollege hir ed som eone elge to

trke hls place). The college Job had bored Art go much that he got r pos-

lt lon l n a p r lva te p e ro o h l a l h l eh school wher e n ser lous eppr oach t o ed-

u c a t l o n d l t l o ccu rr o r so A rt g l oated w,hcn r elatlng to fr lendg fr on tSfofe

facul.ty lounge tltt only prlvate lohools teught enythlng rnynorc. Art dld

lndeecl teach E \C a th o l l o S t. tr ohng Hlgh Sohool when he br d r ecu per eted

fron the wreok or ecoldent referreil to as the great treln cbaset The e.r8

la t h e f a c u l t y l o u n g e e n Jo ye d relr tlng el- l the detells of the hospltel go-

J ourr t a n d t h e ru b se q u e n t re co ver y cplsodcr as told by the nur ses ono of

whon arranged for Art to galn enpl,oyncnt et her alnr nrater. Art teught tro

y e a rl a t t h . e prl va te so h o o l 'u n tl l the Blshop dleil. Oor l then A r t w ec

} 1*tt
dle n ls e e d , l n d e l e w cu l t d e ve l o ped.r t,;f,hc datr thls tlne"u&eilvedl fr on the

H oust o n ? O S T an d C IIR ON T C LnEe w spapor r epor ts. But the feoulty loun gc et

So u t h T e r a s e r p e n cte d th e sto ry whcn eaoh pedant r epeatcd. tha eventl . H ow ev ef,

P rp p y L a w r e n ce o n l y. o o n n e n te d . tbet Ar tr s lr npatlenee pr obebl' y ciueed the dl s -

/ -ntz/
I lk e € v e n a m o n g fe l l th o l l cs . Pr ppy lawr enoc nevel even tlll b l s dy l ng

d e y r e p e e t c d g o s a l p w h e n so e l a l lzlng ln the lounge er ot.

Prppy Iawrence grldl n o ro re ebout Ar t ltfason ln the conflnel of the

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faculty l o u n g e u tre n d rl n kl n g the fr csh ber n br ew dur lng hls cl.ags b r er k g.

P a p p y h a t l t a u gh t fo r fl fty-tw o Jr ear s, r etlr ed fr om lr tlsalppl Stete r nd hed

won the lderoer Award when e studcnt et Colr,r"ubleUalverslty ln blg epple

New Y o r k C l t y -- all a u ch to the cbegr ln of the lluouslne llber els r ho k new

m o re t h a n e y e ryo n e sl g c e n d h rd oycn oolned e wor d for ' cver y cltuetlon:

0 1 e l v l l s s r e f e r re d to P e p p y b e h l nd hlc beok, iHcr g Juct r n 01e M lss thet

e lnost m e d e a tu cce ss l n l l fe but hes to teach her etn The lr ony of thes c

harpl e s r o w n oo n d e n n e tl o a .n e ve r secncd to r eglster ln thelr otd aonEol ous nes .F

whllc b u r l l n g th e vl n d l ctl ve to nel eoouar tlons upon otbcr s - - thensel v es

b c lng l n n u n e to o tb e r g o ssl p n oagcr s, or so tbey sccnod to tblnk. But

Pepp y h e e r d t h e l n tru a l ve p ryl n g fr on €r oh busybody r ho tr led to sn oop l nto

hls good gracsg ln order to leern e tld blt of neu8tbat Just nlght eoclclent{

f low f r o n the old oent g llpg, wor ds that flowed llke honey usuelly l n gr ande

regon a n t So u t h e rn cl d e n ce . P e ppyf I ldeolect oontainetl only the Lov el y c oundJ t

e n d c r p r e g s c i l g o o i l mn n e rs to rII pcoplc when ln publlo, oo elr lng of dl r ty

llnen to nstoh the soethlag end sorrtohy tordc thrt the nuoold nesel trerpr

from the loorl olequc fectot'y cnJoycd nlnufroturlng to plok hla epert. Plppf

m s 8 n t n o f n n y p a rts: th e d endy dr esser who set thc node or pr ce ts l t

nercr to antlque oollcctor la hls gnolous hoac, the soene of elegeat pertleE

(and nost of e1l prppy full"fllledl as.llvlng exenple the erpeotatloas tbqt
people). PrPpy oo-
A d d l e d e r n a n i l e do f e l l the teachers, hcr obosbn beeutlfur
young peopl"e cnJoyed tenohlng the ber uty
J oy ed t c e o h l a g a n d b e l n g e ro u n i l
hts f or t{ 1n the Eng l l s h
o f t h e E n g l l s h l a n g u rg c, th o spokcn wor ct being
othcr g' And of cour s o Pappy
a n c l Sp e e c h c l e g g e g , h i s re e l Joy to enllghten
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6156/56156156

enJoyeclthe oonpenlonshlp of feLlow teeohere by soclrllzlng often ln the

feculty lounge, thus, glvlng cluercspeets to eitnlnlstrctors and to passlng

fe1]'ow-terohers,8n-Re1d-Gyf.otwhoneverthenkedb1n

byworclofnouthor€Yonbyhendrrr1t,,ooo,ffi"oenovedtoNewtrersey
wh e n h e r n e w sp se o h te xtb o o k e ppaer cd on the netlonel book nar ket her

s uoo s s l t r a n k L cd , l n th e b e rrt o f the gosslpy loungc but oer r led M r r y qul te

far away, rt least, or et lest, oooed the long tongues ln the faoulty loungc
./
o llq u e - e : t h e L o ca l l o ru rg e w a g s, tr ue to for n, Just seenedlto know or 8t Lets tz

to relete that the Newaentextbook dld not contlnue to selL well because of

t o o m r n y l l l u s trrtl o n a or ldle dr ewlnga thet slnply fllled the png e r ather

then sp6clflc l n fo rn a tl o n rs r pr opsr textbook should. The loungln g Eos gl ps

J us t a u t o m r t l ce l l y se e n e d to know tlr et thls Esr r ylng ledy was gl' ad to l eev c

Ho u s t o a t o w n . trd a ryN e w n e n h a d been e m' ar r lecl wlfe for elghteen yesr s to the

s ane p r e e o h e r mn , th e o l e cq u l n g tongues woulcl effeot e nooklag tone l n the

vooel- reoountlng of the locaL telc: the dlvoroe regulted so that thc mrn of

t he h o t y o l o t h co u l i l o rg e n l ze a half- way house for d.r ug ebug e pr ogl r Bf

loonl
v
Mary thusly got custodly of {he daughter'to reer, not to r81so llke en cnlml

glurred the runor nongers ts they !p.ko of both lnrtners. And then the ner-

rlage s r e r l l y b e g a n to h e p p o n : M er y lcgr llzed ever y effr lr or fllngr ev er y

ln f e d l l t t y s an cttfl a ct b y h o L y nr lt thst she hail lndulged, lcoor dllng to thc

ceustlo e o l d to n g u e w rg g o rs l n tbc fr oulty I' ounge.

T h e f e c u l.ty l o u n g e r c re g u l er ooffee dr lnker g, tel r lppcr s or o ooor

s wlg g e r s , e l l ka e w tb e o a l n -l l n e cr tspus news or gosslp bcoeuse of I tr €w g-

t/sz/st/n/n rAltLoR

Ictter a p p r o p rl e te l ,y e n tl tl e d THE CLAW , r nonlker that Just gecned,netur al l y

t o ll v e - u p t o l ts n e u e b y so ra toblag €yer y tld blt of news fr onr ev ar y hl c l tl en

elo s e t t o J u stl fy l ts o m n o n e ncletur e ov6r y dr y la cv€r y wey ( tnc gos s l ps

of c o u r s o k n e w a l l th e w o rth y news well ehead of publlcetlon detes ) . And

Dav e R o b l n s o n ke p t th o n e w s o f th€ college eer efully.or ganlzed by t hc ouo-

b e re c l n n d d a t e d l w cckl y e n trl e s wlthln the yellow psges of THE CIAlt. But

Dave hlnself cerefuLly structured thc more subtle soclal gosslp or pollte
p.per warfere l n to h l s o l vn n e w sy lctter that unr llllngly llved- up to l ts

eegls t h e t b o re l H E C IA W w l th unutter ed, powpowor pow wow Justlflcatl on.

HE CI,AV'Ihed begun es r hend nineogreptred gbet run-off on left-over or

sersp prper ln thc work toons; the lnfornatlve rrtlcles had releted eIl the

tlmely eonventlons ettendocl by tbe faoulty (eII one hrrndred end flve) end

o f c o u x s e t h e n e w s l l ste d th e ntne of ever yonc who r epr esented the c ol l ego

at o o n f e r e n c e p l u s e l l th e o rn pus br bbllng or heppenlngs ono Fge of the

c o p y g v e n o a r ri e d p e rco n e l h M gar sg€ r For Sr lci ltcr s. Both clite s of tbc

prlntedl shects contrlnecl trewsy tld bltsr !o wested spaoe or efforts for eII

the ntne celllng. The soop6 of tb canpus newr on I surfeoe level Eccned'

wh o ll y c o m p r eh e n sl ve to e II l n tllvlcluel nscds beoeusc eeob ter cher s c nt- l n

bulletlns or seooped nessagea other t.lcherg reported the runored hearsey

es feotpal gled tltllngs that happened wlth the porspootlve depertnent eg

"ffi",wouIrlre1ate.The1ntl1v1durtoIrque1augh1agIyse1dthatIong
rgor or ten ycars befors, the gosglp had gotten so lntense or erduous rbout

r s o r c l l d l o n g w l n d e cl stsrl e d e vent tbnt hed becn r epeatecl so often l n a

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heate d . g a s b a g rrg u n e n ta tl o n o r er gplc segslon lnwblob Ihve Roblncon hr d

dec le r e d h e p p e n e d o n c rn y e t r per tlculer tlnc fm ne wh1le the eugus t

rln d b a g l o u n ge g o ssl p s l n sl ste a l ts I cpouter of detelled tr uthg the t the

pes s e d e v c n t g o o o u rre d e n o th e r wey et r dlffer ent tlne of the or lcnds r y er r i

t here f o r c , t h e w e e kl y n e w sl e tte r bcgen lts or lglna dut ' of the esh of dl s -

pelr J u s t t o ke e p th e b e b b l e o f detcs and or der of sequenoos cor r eo tl y rc-

oord,ed ln ohronologloel relrtlong to eaoertela neln-Ilae otnpus lnoldents

t hrt w o u L d l n i l e e d Jo g th e B e e o r y dur lng enother euoh pr obr blc debcted dl s -

ous sl o n o r d l cp u te d d l e l e ctl o s of cenpus goaslB es r egnr ds the nun er ous s $LL/

Julcy cletells, 8 lot of frcts or oonoerns to mrke thelr buslnegs on6 of

fortulty. Dlve Roblnson ehmys nentlonedl every llttlc oonccrned detelL ln

1 TI 4 C I - A' fnt e w sl e tte r: mn tl o n e tl whcn Jr ne Cur r y got t cllvor ce encl chr nged

h e r d r e s s n o d e o r stV IK h l n a g e ( ncver nentloned hoyever that tr ene C ur r y f s

bogs Dr. Grndy Speers denled r renk rnd tenure rslse to ber beceuge Jrne

wc s a f r a n e o u g l y o o n sl d " e re d to o eootlonel when the cllvor ce becene flnel

h ls o w n e n o t l on e l . sa d l sn o f co ur se wcnt tr ncheoked to r uln other llv es r llke

r-)
I reging fever spreadlng btrs upon the illgllked f aculty membetsnt- Ffirt Jenc
tC-l'Wr-/

h lred a n a t t o rn e y 6 xp e rte n d \6 u 1 ng alob ednlnlgtr etor l who r llgn ter oher s ) ,

Thc unwrltten n e w r l n te re stsd thc gosslpa the nogt. But Deve Roblns on r l s o

wrote-up the tld blte of the loungc hcersey news, suoh es rvtren Ilcbble Wlll1rll16

d lv or c e d L c c Wl L l l e n e r so n ( Ie tc r to beoone Debble Young) end Debb l e thc n

g o t e n o t h e r Jo b to cso sp e tb e wegging tongues - - but got e Job whar c R eoheel

?rvoner g husbrnd workecl ln the ol,d lfunble butlillng but now r€nlued l[ON

(Erxon bolng e conputerlzed worcl slnoe furctlonel llllterates eanrt pronouao€

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t bc F r e n c h w ord i h u n b l a i o o rrcotly ln the putc r ons6 of thet etynol ogy ) .

But Dcbble goon returaed to enploycont ln the oollegc oonputer roon where

h a r o o - w o r k c r g w e l o o o cd th e re unlon of enother hr r d wor ker . Dlvc el s o

wrot e a s g o s pe L o r g rvc b rl e f nentlon thet Hr r hn Doek kept a sonpbook

f or h l s o w n r ea E o n s o f e ve ry p r latcd wor d r bout Soufb Ter es Junlor C ol ,l ege

and t h e C h e r l otts P h e L p s e e cn ;ndc ls per tlculr r . Ever yone end ever y thl ng

s v e r m e n t l o n ed l l n tb e fe o u l ty loungc secned to get a Ilne entr y la l ts ow n

rlg h t t s r f e c tu rc l n IIIE C L A W , r tr r ppr opthteJ.y enough of r desorl ptl v e
nrmc for tbs lounge goaglps. THE CIAW lsr r osnpus newslnBer etrlotly for

the faoulty n cn b e rs d l d n o t h e ve the bltlng satlr e thet the 9en tr eol nto

Collese publloetlon
SHRIITPINOII0CIiN0LOGY cxhlbltctl: ths Sen Jeck ornpulr rsg
wes a n s hect full of ldle but tr ue gosslp, a ot s up-
"o o o y ^ o ,Mt^ e o sre p h e d ,
posltlons, thet reverled ln-depth ccoret eventg. Thc srnc phllosophy, of

oours6, provalled ln both housc orgrne. hrt Deve Just neturelly plroed lteqg

rbout hlnself, guoh es belng e prcclnot cbrlrnen for the denooretlo perty

la Be l l e l r e r n d o th e r co mmu n l ty effelr s of a pubLlc netur e ( tne sex l s t ohal n-

n c n c h a n g e d t h e a n yta x to e h a l rper aon r r o but the wor d PERSONiloes c ontr l n

SoN e s e s e x u a l co n n o te tl o n ). Devc r eally enJoyecl polntlng- out ln pr l nt

t h e n l g t e k e s e n d . th e Ju l o y g o sslp: blg br okgfor r nd. would not sccn to l ndl oats

a t ra c k r e c o r d o t p ro p e n o l ty for br ater lng heer say lo dlffer eat hl s

rels ln g , b u t pcrb e p g th rt l e o kl ng br d pr oolpltr ted now the nccd, for Drve

Ro b ln s o n t o c oo rd .l n rte e l l th l s oozy gosslp. Thls lr onlo diffcr cnoc nndc

Dlver a behavlor soor lnooagruoul; hc hellcd from the blg epple; Illcw York Clty
(
eppa r e n t l y b r d L e ft e n l mp rl n t of ltt hostllc lnr ltffer encc tower cl lnter -
o/ 60/ 60/ 6o/ so rAY:LoR

perso n n l r e l e tl o n g h l p a . D ,rve hed left gotnur |n..togo west to Seynou r , T ex es

wh e r e h c o e t e a d rml cd r b l g lnnd owner t s young ilaughter on e W es t T ex eg

rene h t h e t t b e tsl b b l e fe n l L y o wnecland opcr etocl. But Dr vc took hls br l de

f ron t h e d e s e rt S o u th w e ct to the ble elty of Houston wher s hla young South-

lend Eons wer€ now belng rearcd ln Bstlrlre. Devc hed'beoone southernlzed

ln s o m t n y w ays: s d ro p o f B o u r bon end e Luoky $tr lke gnoke. And the v oc el

r€s p o n s e a o w o o n tsl n e d r so ftn esc r etber thnn the nesal bar shnesg thet

s oun c l e i l l l k e . g a ttl l n g g u n l n eetgc the nugloel 111t or nelocly . now

nagked the once typlcel conJested snlffles-sound of the yenkee'l- anct the

J ov le l n a t u r e fl t th e sh o rt tl u npy guy wlth cur ly helr . Only ;" r e gonant

l-a u g h t e r r e t e ln e d th e ye n ke e e ccent. pave r eellzed he tnns no longer e good.

yankeefor.goodyanbffi--hehedbeootmebsorbedlor
rsgenbleted ln ell thlags Southern 8s w6re hls own ohlldren, frec of thc
:Ilfe. Devo geve freely of hls tlme, both to
otd preJudlced vlclssltudes of

hls n6lghborhooclend the coLleegucs rt wmk. But the ohrngc of rdnlnlstre-

t ors , t r u e t o th e l r syn d ro n e o f ed,r lnlstr etlvc ettltudes, pleeed th c feoul ty

n o u t h p l e o c o r o rg rn ccl l cd 'T Ii fE CIAIT lnto thc Jur lsdlctlon of the J our nel l gn

deprrtnents in lnnedlete neme chenge to BAYOUBUI.LETINwould glve nore seope

t o lts d . e c t l ca te d p h l l o to p h y e l ong with tbe ohr nge of pr latlng es I tebl ol d

or. ln o s t o f te b l e e u p ro p o rta ti ons to hlde or to m esk the folksy now s behl nc l

t h e r d d e d e t t rre tl o n o f p l o tu re s . The elegent for nat had ohenged the oon-

t ro l f r o n f e c ul ty to e d ,n l n l stra tlve wlthsut wor d one nentlonlng cens or s hl p

now seduc ed by
a 8 r B e a o s t o n u zzl e tb e e o a d e mlo fr eed' on of the news) ' etter ,
t/ 5t/ 6t / 6t/ 6t/ 6t rAY:LoR

the luxury of frrnded hlgh grade paper stook and elegent work facllltles:

t h e o b v l o u s ne n e ch a n g e l n me re sear ntlos to ohar ede the oensor ghlp or l ogo-

necby llke a double cdged sclnlter held ln oereful seherzrndo -- eLl thls

o o n o e r n c a u t r e db y t h e v e r b l e g e o f D r v e r s r e p o r t r g e a s t n l n t e r l o e u t e r of

coatroversy feered by the new rilnlnlstretlon, to paftey the syntrotlo news-

p rp e r r r v a r f e r e l n to e l u Il e d p o w wow ,r %r , c.npus pletor lr l or gnn. T he

orrpu s f r c u l t y p re E s h e d b o co me nuffl,ed, nuzzleil or lether glo eg hed the

onoe buzzlng lounge rom ltself erhlblted eotlve llfe clurlng r ooffce brelk.

A d r l e n H e l t crrc l n to th e lor r nge to get enother oup of ooffee; Ac l r l en

HelL w o r e r gn l rk o r sn o e r e ffe cted upoa hls llp, suspoeedly, bece uge of a

}!sp or cltpp lnpedluent, r helr llp -- bls frce hed r sculpt or grenlte

look e c o o n s t a n t a n d d a rl n g e s lfount Rusheor e, and hls tongue hed e n ec l d

qulp on tlp to netch hls erpresglon. Adrlrar s coffee cup tasted fuany or

peouller, o t sro h e o fte n co mn e nted. And upon close ser utlny, the pur pl e

stal4s end edglng of the royel bluc ooloretloa on the sldes end the bottom

of the cup ilomlneted the lnslde of the oerenloa. At the botton lnslalc por-

t lon o f t h e c u p re ve a l cd a i n e de ln ller tcon stenp thr t only too often l ndl -

c et ed w e e k g l e zl n g a n i l th u s l e act polsonlng bulld- up whcn hot llqultl s at-

urat e d t h e l , l e rl o e n -n e d e co n trl n er for any pr olonged langth of tlner 8l Y ten

nln u t e s . I b e p o l so n fro m th e c up eeeacd p€r Eonlfled or suspended ln the

v ery e l r o f t he ro o 6 o A cl rl e a HeIl hetd the cup near hls hesr t r s d l c l he

hold deer tbe nuneroult admlnlstratlve posltlons at the oollege: tb'roe dlf-

ferent executlve offlces or Jobs hed been hls varlous d,utles over the pcst

ten yerrs (Adrlea hed cloneted or provldecl funds for n eD3lI cnd,snent to

berr hrs neoe encl thua to provld,c r tun for r stlpont towerd studlent gcholer-
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s h i p s s e t - u p d u rl n g th e tl me when Adr len ser ved as chalr m en of the s oc l r l

s tu d l e s d e ln rtme n t e n d th e rl lr ter sunt lncr eesed the funpor tence of the

en d o w n n c n t w trl l e A d rh n H rl I adr nlnlster ed es Dean of Students) . And now

et t h c tlnc o f th e n e rg e r fron the dylng South Texes Junlor Coll ege l nto

t h e U n l v e r sl ty o f H o u sto n systen, Adr len held only n pogltlon as a ner €

t e a o h e r ( t ea ch l n g b e l n g th e scour ge of the ear th to the ednlnlstratl v e at-

t lt u d &b p h l l o so p b y b e ca u sc the tbr ecfold pur pose of cduoatlon lnc l udes the

follorlng: re se tro b ,, se rvl ce encl tcr chlag - - wlth ter chlng r lr r yr pl aoed

Le g t a n d t bu s n o w o n d e r tb rt so nuch sophlstr y pr opr gtteg r Iow l ev e1 l n

t h e b e s l o g kl Il s'|. T h e e r-e dlnlnlstr r tor ot the ousted Dean of S tuc l ent Af-

falrs p r e f erre d . to te e ch a n cl usc hls later per sonel skUIs r atber thr n to

glt a t e d e sk b o tg cd -d o w n w l th butcr uor atlc peper wor k ln tr lpllcate c oF I.

The faoulty nows ghcet .EIE CfAf or thc Eltoll llltligtn$ grvc honorablc mentlon

to.ddrhnrg cbengc of gtatug, for olc A(lrlen Hrll wrs on€ of thetr own

wh e n p c r t l e g e n d th e co o kte l l heppy hour ctne er ound - - a r eal s p.r k l e hour .

By p c r s o n a l re q u e st, rl l th i s ohengc hed been effectecl or so gteted the

cempul newspep€r:s; the otmpus studleat nom reJ,ecscs fron IEI TAIItr hnd so

c le a r l y r c t prtcd th e tu rn o f evcntc. Adr hn enter telned e gr eat deal ; hl s

wlfe especteLly enJoyed elt thc convlvlel effrlrs the spouse hed.r wlld

eyed Look ekln to e bet on the lxorl rhlle patrolllng the srea near the

punoh borl e n d th e l o n g p l u sh llquor ber ( ttr e look beoenc nole g l es s y ey ed'

a n d p r o g o u nce d e s th c ru n o rs of tllvor ce tlme lncr easeil end flneLl y bec ene

I feot or flnallzod certltucle es the crnpus news relrtcd). The Adrlrn Hell

daughter elso hed tbe wld.e eyed look, llke e blrd ebout to fl'y ewey; fenlly

th e w o rk-e- dey etnosphclc .t the eor r egc ilur l ng the tl ne

t lc s o b r r r o te rl ze d