O Dear Christian College We Love You
I agree with the first line of ACU's Alma Mater: "O dear Christian College we love you." Last night Hank Bingham, a recruiter from Harding University, visited 3Chopt and spoke briefly with our high schoolers about Harding and Christian education. It brought back lots and lots of memories from my ACU days. Here are a few:
- Campus police being called on Sean Morris our freshman year because he climbed out on the 2nd floor ledge of McKenzie hall to try and break in to Matt Tapie's room. Meanwhile about 10 of us tried, unsuccessfuly, to pick the lock on his door so we could throw him in the fountain on his birthday.
- Tony Stidham's roommate, Brad, dumping a 50-gallon trashcan full of cold water on Lane (can't remember his last name) after Lane thought he poured cold water on Brad. Brad was hiding in a different shower stall while Lane poured the water into the stall he thought Brad was in.
- Trying to flip Charlie Thyne in Aaron Forrester's front yard, but instead he slipped off my hand, landed on the back of his head and had to be taken to the hospital with a concussion.
- Holding Toby Burge's freshman roommate's (can't remember his name, either) pez dispensers hostage until he sat alone in an empty section during chapel with a basket full of dirty laundry.
- Scott Kilmer frequently riding his bike up and down the hall of Smith-Adams ringing the little bell. Oh, he was also .
- Dr. Ervin (or Erwin) Seamster's legendary chapel speech: "With some joy over here, and some joy over there; here's some joy, there's some joy, everywhere is joy! Joy! Joy! Joy! Joy! Joy! Joy! Joy! Joy! Joy! Joy! Joy! Joy! Joy!
- Sandwiches and bar-b-que chicken at the Willis' on Sunday nights.
- Watching "The Blair Witch Project" with Fudge, Sean, and Sascha in our townhouse at 2:00 in the morning. Sean punched Sascha in the jaw out of fear and reflex when he scared us at the top of the stairs.
- Meeting Kilmer, Stacy Dow, and a few other guys at Joe Allen's on Wednesday nights before church at Highland.
- Spring Break campaign to Orlando
- Spring Break trip to Estes Park, CO where we stayed in a REALLY nice cabin, skiied, snowmobiled, went horseback riding, and some fools drove all the way to Nashville afterward.
- Breaking into a certain UP apartment and filling some s' sinks with catfood (and various other juvenile, yet hilarious, pranks).
- Full-contact basketball on our Nerf hoop in our living room with Craig, Mark Wiebe, and Wiley James Bagley. Our other roommate never seemed to want to play. What's that all about, Richard?
- Going spotlighting for rabbits and other rodents at my uncle's ranch south of Abilene with Craig and Sascha. We took my two-door Sunfire and decided that we could probably go off-road in it to chase our prey. Sascha even laid on the roof when it was his turn, and he almost shot my front end off when a rabbit ran right at us.
- Going deer hunting on Klein Reid's property with Craig and Wiley James Bagley. I won the coin flip to take the first shot, but when I had one I froze. We never saw another deer again that day.
- Preaching at the church on N. 21st and being asked to leave (oh what an experience THAT was)
- Preaching in Lohn (Bill and Ivadell Huffman just celebrated their 65th anniversary, by the way)
- The first cold day of winter
- The first warm day of spring
- Chicken & Dumplins, two big rolls, a salad, and two big, cold glasses of whole milk - my favorite meal in The Bean.
I'm starting to realize I could go on and on. I'm always jealous of the teens who graduate from our youth ministry and go on to college because I know that they're in for some of the greatest years of their lives. Yet I also appreciate the fact that it's now behind me, and the things I learned about myself, about life, and about my faith are leading me to even greater moments and even more memories.
What memories do you have from college?
- Campus police being called on Sean Morris our freshman year because he climbed out on the 2nd floor ledge of McKenzie hall to try and break in to Matt Tapie's room. Meanwhile about 10 of us tried, unsuccessfuly, to pick the lock on his door so we could throw him in the fountain on his birthday.
- Tony Stidham's roommate, Brad, dumping a 50-gallon trashcan full of cold water on Lane (can't remember his last name) after Lane thought he poured cold water on Brad. Brad was hiding in a different shower stall while Lane poured the water into the stall he thought Brad was in.
- Trying to flip Charlie Thyne in Aaron Forrester's front yard, but instead he slipped off my hand, landed on the back of his head and had to be taken to the hospital with a concussion.
- Holding Toby Burge's freshman roommate's (can't remember his name, either) pez dispensers hostage until he sat alone in an empty section during chapel with a basket full of dirty laundry.
- Scott Kilmer frequently riding his bike up and down the hall of Smith-Adams ringing the little bell. Oh, he was also .
- Dr. Ervin (or Erwin) Seamster's legendary chapel speech: "With some joy over here, and some joy over there; here's some joy, there's some joy, everywhere is joy! Joy! Joy! Joy! Joy! Joy! Joy! Joy! Joy! Joy! Joy! Joy! Joy! Joy!
- Sandwiches and bar-b-que chicken at the Willis' on Sunday nights.
- Watching "The Blair Witch Project" with Fudge, Sean, and Sascha in our townhouse at 2:00 in the morning. Sean punched Sascha in the jaw out of fear and reflex when he scared us at the top of the stairs.
- Meeting Kilmer, Stacy Dow, and a few other guys at Joe Allen's on Wednesday nights before church at Highland.
- Spring Break campaign to Orlando
- Spring Break trip to Estes Park, CO where we stayed in a REALLY nice cabin, skiied, snowmobiled, went horseback riding, and some fools drove all the way to Nashville afterward.
- Breaking into a certain UP apartment and filling some s' sinks with catfood (and various other juvenile, yet hilarious, pranks).
- Full-contact basketball on our Nerf hoop in our living room with Craig, Mark Wiebe, and Wiley James Bagley. Our other roommate never seemed to want to play. What's that all about, Richard?
- Going spotlighting for rabbits and other rodents at my uncle's ranch south of Abilene with Craig and Sascha. We took my two-door Sunfire and decided that we could probably go off-road in it to chase our prey. Sascha even laid on the roof when it was his turn, and he almost shot my front end off when a rabbit ran right at us.
- Going deer hunting on Klein Reid's property with Craig and Wiley James Bagley. I won the coin flip to take the first shot, but when I had one I froze. We never saw another deer again that day.
- Preaching at the church on N. 21st and being asked to leave (oh what an experience THAT was)
- Preaching in Lohn (Bill and Ivadell Huffman just celebrated their 65th anniversary, by the way)
- The first cold day of winter
- The first warm day of spring
- Chicken & Dumplins, two big rolls, a salad, and two big, cold glasses of whole milk - my favorite meal in The Bean.
I'm starting to realize I could go on and on. I'm always jealous of the teens who graduate from our youth ministry and go on to college because I know that they're in for some of the greatest years of their lives. Yet I also appreciate the fact that it's now behind me, and the things I learned about myself, about life, and about my faith are leading me to even greater moments and even more memories.
What memories do you have from college?
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