Day Hall- 2nd floor, 1974-75
I don’t even know if Day Hall is still there, as I haven’t been back since graduation in 1975, but I will always chuckle about our dorm–then the first to go co-ed by rooms on the floor. (I actually made the bathrooms co-ed because of my laziness–not wanting to weave all the way down the other end of the hall to use the women’s restroom). There were some real characters on our floor, one in particular I remember. His name was Ben and he was an engineering major. Strange guy, but funny! Anyway, I don’t remember if he did this for grins or a school project, but he constructed a life-size, lifelike “Frankenstein” dummy, complete with green face and bolts in the neck. For entertainment one night, we all brought out chairs by the elevator, and freshly popped popcorn. We turned off all the lights in the room. He positioned the dummy against one of the elevators, pressed the button and ran back to enjoy the show. The reaction when the elevator would open was priceless. I don’t think I’ve ever, to this day, laughed so hard in my life, as we watched the elevator riders’ shocked faces and heard shrieks, screams and gasps as poor Franky fell forward helplessly, sometimes into some unsuspecting victim’s arms. We’re just lucky no one suffered a heart attack or long-term related elevator phobias!