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THE GREAT LOVER
by Larry Saunders
In our society we have
two main types of lovers:
the ones who are hunting
love and the ones who have
found it. Here's my story
of both of these.
Lover number one is us
ually the first to arrive
on the scene each morning
to catch a bus to West. Of.
course he has on his white
London Fog Jacket,natural
ly with the collar turned
up; a crisp,freshly press
ed sport shirt with a Hi-Y
or some other club pin on
the collar^ tan or light
olive pants with a straw
belt; and black shoes so
shining ; that one could see
oneself in them. With a
conspicuously wrinkled hat
(the naiTie of which, heaven
only knows), a smear of
A.qua Velva here and there,
and two dabs of Brylcream,
our lover number one is
ready for a hard day of
3tudy--a study of girls,
that is. After o,rriving
at West and depositing his
books in Mr. Smith's room,
the lover begins his daily
patrol of the halls. Of
’ourse he has a big smile
or C!,ll tte girls; a smile
-ind a hello for the girls
le's friends with or would
like to be friends with;
and a smile, a hello, and
3ome type of joke or ‘’you
look-nice-today: for those
"iris that he knows real
^11. It's really quite o,
3ight to see him work.
Jovor nuiflber two isn't
*oarly so exciting to
watch while he's operating.
He's found his steady and
is through with all this
hunting around. One may
say that he's ’'experi
enced." Unlike lover
number one, lover number
two gets to s.ehool at the
latest possible minute.
He 's still usually half a-
sleep upon arrival because
of a late date the night
before. He finds his mate,
and together they seek a
place as much out of range
of the common eye of their
fellow classmates as pos
sible. Then, hand in hand,
they begin to talk until
they're disrupted by the
tardy bell. Then with
their sad good-bye's said,
they part until the next
break between classes.
Lover two isn't nearly so
neat in dress as lover
niunber one. Who thinks of
clothes at a time like
this anyway?I
BLIM) DATE
--Ellen Highsmith
A blind date is some
thing that I hcartly rec
ommend that every one
should have at least, and
at most, one of,The great
est advantage in having
had one is that when
everyone who has suffered
through one is relating
his or her tale of agony
or ectasy, you, too, can
offer your experience o.s
material to help pad the
general discourse.
'Hie first experience
that I had concerning tliis
■s-ubject w?is als.o the first
time I came facc> to fac/j
with any kind of date at
all. I was young, naive,
and most of all, very
ignorant of all the fine
arts of flirting, dodging,
and laughing at sick, sick
jokes that can be master
ed only by practice. Need
less to mention--! had my-
first lesson with a perfect
ly strange professor.'
I was spending a week
end with one of my more
"vorldly" friends who, at
the time, was a BIG soph-
more in high school. How
ever, I had to add years to
my appearance before I
could begin to feel that I
didn't look like the child
that I really knew I was.'
The years caiTie with a
brush gf mascara, mist of
cologne, and shocking pink
(really "shocking" if my
mother had seen me) lip
stick.
After my elder col
league gave me the low-
down on my blind partner, I
squelched my desire to run
the fifty miles home non
stop. The great occasion
was to take place in the
recreation room of my
friend's home. Several
couples had already arriv
ed and were peering at me
through the beadiest brig
ade of eyes in history.
Finally I became positive
that he had seen my picture
and would never come then.
I wasn't too upset by this
idea, but my laiscaz-faire
attitude had ha,rdly time
enough to wrinkle my brain
than the horrid clang of
the bell echoed and re
echoed through tho Uonn-''.
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