April 25, 1979
Feet don't fai
By Tina Hodgin
About a month ago Brenda
Fraser was playing intramural
basketball with the Hobbs
team. Near the end of the game
Brenda was running full speed
down the court when suddenly a
wall loomed ahead.
Because she knew she was
going too fast to stop, Brenda
threw up her arms to brace
herself against the impact. She
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A friend helps Brenda brush
her hair.
A final tribute
How good it's been
By Richard Fulton
Mixing up some blueberry
pancakes on the backporch of
George White on a fine Friday
morning, I can't help from
thinking about this place and
how good it's been to me the
past two years. I've found many
close and important people and
absorbed my fair share of
knowledge on many, many sub
jects. This' two-year stay has
given me a fine path to start the
rest of my life down A final
poem is the best way to end my
"series of articles.
Stomping in from the Smokies
Clearing cobwebs of sleep
From my weary head
One morning in a crystal clear stream
The next in a Milner dorm
Important people pop up
Every which way I turn
Making views of life
That much different
And clearer in the end
The next go round
Starts the ending of travelling
Yellowstone Lake and Tetons
Fresh in my blood
My third room
Keeps getting better all the time.
Mountains, Ridges we climb
Always turn to valleys
On this crazy, changing path
People all over
Love'em
More beautiful than mountaintops
Shining their sunshine
Around every corner
I walk past . . .
ran directly into the wall and
broke both of her wrists.
After her accident Brenda
was seen around Guilford with
both arms in slings against her
body. For about the first two
weeks Brenda had to have help
with everything from eating, to
typing, to brushing her hair.
People opened doors for her,
carried her books and did many
other little things not usually
considered to be difficult one
doesn't even think about them.
When Brenda got rid of the
slings and had only her casts to
Myths and marvels reign for a knight
On Saturday, April 14, the
Arthurian Myth class (IDS 401)
gathered at the house of their
professors, Mel and Beth Kei
ser to hold a feast in the
medeival tradition of King Ar
thur and his court. Preparations
for the feast began early Satur
day morning in the kitchen of
Mary Hobbs when Leslie Hona
ker began to make the parsley
brede which was to serve as
trenchers. Later in the day, a
number of other women joined
her to help with the rest of the
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deal with things got better for
her (relative to what they had
been!) Luckily, besides receiv
ing help trom students she also
got cooperation from her tea
chers in adjusting her work to
her situation. So, a lot of people
did what they could to help
Brenda get by.
By the time this article ap
pears Brenda should have her
casts off (they were scheduled
to come off Monday.) The
memories of the month of the
broken wrists, however, will be
with her for a lifetime.
food. They prepared several tart
de bry (a quiche), many luce
wafers (flounder cakes), a huge
pot of lemon whyte (rice with
lemon), two large sallets (vege
tables arranged in fantasiful
designs which were dipped in a
sauce), a huge bowl of fruytes
(strawberries and melon balls).
In another place someone made
a marvelous vegetable soup. At
four o'clock, the weary cooks in
Hobbs vanished to transform
themselves into aristocratic la
dies. The food was transported
to the Keiser's by a magic
chariot.
When the class gathered at
the Keiser's, most of the stu
dents and both professors had
been transformed into ladies
and knights. King Arthur was
there, a lady bard, a bishop, a
gentle nun, the Grail-bearer, a
Florentine knight who had wan
dered in from the 16th century,
and other assorted figures.
Two ladies arrived very exci
ted for they had witnessed a
miracle on their way through a
field. (Arthur was glad about
this because he never began a
feast without one. They had
"seen a knight under a spell"
which caused them to hit an
albino hedgehog with a petri
fied snake and then run in
circles. The men told the ladies
they were enchanted for nine
thousand years.
Arthur had just declared that
the feast should begin and a
welcoming song had been sung,
when a strange couple emerged
from the shadowed wood. It was
Death clad in a gray cloak with
his sythe over his shoulder and
Lady Love dressed in a filmy
white robe and crowned with
flowers. After a stunned si
lence, Arthur declared that
Death should lead the proces
sion to the banquet tables under
the trees.
About half the class took their
seats around the table to be
served as aristocrats while the
others were servants. Later,
there was a trade off and the
aristocrats became servants and
the servants aristocrats except
for the cooks who remained
aristocrats for the entire meal.
No sooner had the first group
seated themselves than Sir Lan
celot came in with Queen Guin
evere on his arm. This precipi
tated a quarrel between Lance
lot and the bishop with the
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bishop accusing Lancelot of
dallying with the Queen. Lance
lot denied this, saying it was his
duty to escort the Queen. The
bishop did not believe him and
said so. This issue was never
resolved.
Everyone had received a
trencher and a piece of tart de
bry when a horrible noise like a
roaring lion was heard. Soon
there appeared a knight in a
mail shirt (made of letters and
postcards) leading on a thick
rope a wild filthy man. The
knight announced that this wild
man he had captured was once a
gentle knight who would be
restored to his former state if a
lady would kiss him. The wild
man roared about during this
speech trying to free himself
and uprooting a young tree in
the process. He was encouraged
to approach a lady which he
finally did. She kissed him and
he crashed to the earth in a
faint. A few minutes later, he
arose and was once more a
gentle-spoken knight. He in
quired about dinner.
This was the last of the
miracles. The evening procee
ded amid much joking and
laughter as the guests tried to
observe all the medeival cus
toms such as washing fingers
between courses and eating
their plates. After everyone had
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eaten their fill, they processed
to Henry Hood's house for
dessert which consisted of the
fruytes. The fruyte was borne in
the Holy Grail by the Grailbear
er, Elaine. (The Grail was an
aluminum colander in disguise.)
At Henry Hood's house, they
were shown the magnificent
stained-glass window and the
glorious azalea beds. After that,
while the guests were eating
their dessert, Henry Hood
played the harpsichord and
then put on some music by
Thomas Tallis. The latter en
tranced everyone present. After
that, they listened to some
English lute music. As it was
growing dark out, they realized
that they had to return to the
twentieth century and reluctant
ly took their leave.
The procession wended its
way slowly up the road through
the darkness. Under a street
light, they paused to dance an
ancient circle dance to round
out the evening, then proceeded
onwards. Once they reached the
Keisers, everyone helped to do
some general cleaning up.
Goodbyes were said and the
weary guests left for home and
bed. It had been a marvelous
evening and everyone had a
good time. That is one exper
ience none of the participants
will ever forget!