Yes, pool. The simple yet completely amusing pass-time shared by many on the floors of the dorm rooms of Lee University. This pool table, which lives in the cluster on the first floor of Bowdle Hall, is used several, SEVERAL times each day.
A little history lesson. "Billiards" is recorded to be first played in 15th century Europe.
Well I hope you enjoyed the lesson. Basically, people have enjoyed playing many forms of pool for a very long time.
Alright, so anyone who has seen me "play" pool knows that I might as well have my eyes closed. Most of the time, I avoid embarrassment and do not play. But hey, every now and then I try again. The only way to get better is to keep trying, right? Apparently not in this case. Oh well.
So why is this important to the daily running of Lee University? Well, I guess Lee could carry on without the pool tables. However, I do believe that fellowship among students can be made by playing games on the pool table. It brings people together. I have met several other guys from my dorm while I played (mostly watched) pool. This may be fairly gender specific, yes. I'm not saying that girls aren't good at it. I will be the first to admit that there is definitely more that one female at Lee that is better at pool than myself.
I agree, probably not the most exciting blog post, but in my opinion, all the small parts of Lee University that are sometimes looked over play vital parts in building strong, lasting relationships with other students. Simple times spent together, even while just playing a game, tie together everyone's stories here at Lee.
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