-Pix: La Cuesta, 1939, p. 30 (approx.)
1935-1939
NAU's first Hopi graduate
"[During the Great Depression], we had a hard time...[F]riendships were formed because we were all poor; no one seemed to be above another in wealth. So school was a place I was and am proud [to have been] a part [of]. As a full-blooded [Hopi] Indian, I was accepted...[I attended NAU because] my parents sent me. I cried all the way to Flagstaff. But [I] made friends after two weeks, which made me decide (maybe) there was hope for me. I have never been without a teaching position."
-Pix: La Cuesta, 1944, p. 12 (appox.)
1940-41, 1943-44
"An important part of social life on campus was eating meals together in the dining hall. In 1940 the dining hall and kitchen were on the first floor of North Hall...We were assigned tables that held eight students. Meals were served family-style in bowls of hot food [and there were] white table cloths and napkins. Student waiters served the tables, and, as I recall, were assigned to a table for a semester. Meals were very tasty with Mother Hanley's fresh-baked bread each day...One semester I lived on the second floor of North Hall next to the lounge. The kitchen was just under my room. Each morning my class ended about 10:00. When I returned to my room, Mother Hanley's bread had just come out of the oven. That wonderful fragrance I still remember."
-Pix: La Cuesta, 1944, p. 16 (approx.)
1944-46
"The girls in the dorm had lock-out times and we all obeyed [because we were] afraid of Dean Minnie Lintz. When she looked at you, you felt so little. Us little freshmen were very timid in those days. My mother and dad weren't too sure about my going 500 miles from home,but when they met 'Minnie' they knew I was safe in her hands."
-Pix: La Cuesta, 1942, p. 30
1940-42
"As part of freshman hazing in 1940 the frosh. boys were not allowed to shave from the beginning of the school year until after the Homecoming game. I remember leaving the game about half time to go to my room and shave. I've never missed a day shaving since."
-Pix: La Cuesta, 1953, p. 29
1949-53
"The basement [of Morton Hall] was a dark, cavernous area that was devoted to luggage and trunk storage and laundry...It was a grim, almost scary area with a few single light bulbs that hung down among the clotheslines, creating spooky shadows in all directions. [The girls of Morton] had to use very primitive equipment downstairs. One day the dorm bought a new invention called the 'automatic washer.' Made by Bendix, it had a round window in front, and a place for soap in the top. For a quarter in its slot, you could let it do your washing for you, and you even got to watch it happen! The girls gathered by the dozen and stood around in awe, eyes glued to the window, reporting the action with the enthusiasm of sportscasters: 'Look, it's filling up with water. It's washing! Look at all the suds. Now it must be rinsing. Ooh, it's spinning!' It was as fascinating as television would soon be, but that was yet to come to Arizona."