[Alumni-chat] Why Aren't the Students Using the Library?

[dude (dudevoyeur at gmail.com)]

Everytime I walked into the library, Duffy (aka Duckie) would give me a warm welcome and greet me as Ms. Goodwoman or Ms. Goodgirl or the like and then say something about my armpits or legs or a Ruth or two and then Joe would do his thing.  "Whar are you doing here?  Follow me.  Don't fall down."  He'd take me into the stacks to show me some obscure periodical or something amazing or sit me in a small room and screen the Toscanini tape.  After Toscanini, he'd remind me that other composers would contact Toscaninin if they lost the score to anything since Toscanini memorized everything and would be able to write it out for them.

Ahhhhhh.  What a place.  So many magnificent moments among the mildew.

Deb '83