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Halloween Costume Capers

The Halloween party for my fraternity was approaching during my freshman year of college. One of my best friends and I decided that we would go to the party dressed as a couple of the members of the administrative staff of the school. We selected this couple because of their distinct appearance. He was going to go as a rather large member of the administration and I planned to go as the man’s wife. At the time, she served as the Dean of Students. The lady had a fashion sense that appeared to be more appropriate for the 1950’s rather than the early 1980’s. He had a hard time coming up with a costume that captured the essence of the man and he backed out of the plan. I stuck with the original idea and recruited a couple of people to help me put together a costume that would be as authentic as possible.

Lambuth True Stories

Skating on Ice

John Pechonick was my favorite chemistry professor in college. He was a short, muscular man with bushy eyebrows. One of my friends described him as looking like a cross between Popeye and E.T. When he spoke, the words seemed to come out the side of his mouth in a sound that was almost like a growl. My freshman chemistry class was scheduled for 1:20, the first time slot right after lunch. He expected us there at 1:00 sharp to start working on the questions he had written on the chalkboard. If you weren’t writing something, he would stand by you, look over your shoulder and nudge your arm with his leg to encourage you to write something. He didn’t like anyone to wear caps in his classroom. He wouldn’t tell you to remove your hat. He would say, “I didn’t know we were having a game today! If I had known, I would have brought my bat and glove!”

Lambuth Movies

Bad Cinema Club

I have always enjoyed watching movies. I am a fan of the horror movies. When I started to college in 1980, it was a great time for fans of horror movies. Halloween and Friday the 13th had been recent successes and many of the film studios and independent producers tried to piggyback off of their success. Some of the films they made were good but many of them were bad. This was not a problem for me since I am also a fan of bad movies. A friend and I formed a group called the “Bad Cinema Club”. This was an informal group. Anyone who happened to be going with us when we went to see any horror movie was considered a member. Most of the time, we would go to movies on Tuesday evening. This was bargain night at the local theatres. We had no idea before we went to these movies if they were any good or not. Their potential for badness was based on their titles. Like many of the fraternities on campus, we decided to have a “Spring Formal” event. It was going to be a weekend when we decided to go see as many bad movies as we possibly could. At that time, you could pick practically any weekend and see at least one bad horror movie. We picked out the perfect weekend for this event.