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Studying design in College, Prowell had the dubious pleasure of Buckminter Fuller's long-time association with Southern Illinois University.  Unfortunately, there was never a photograph of the two alone together--primarily because the two were never alone together. Here, we  might imagine the lowly undergraduate preening for an A.

 

--So whadaya got here, son?
--Ah, it's nothing, Bucky. jes somethin I worked up late last night.
--Well, what are you calling it?
--I dunno. A Dome, I guess.
--Well what kind of dome?
--Gee, jes a dome.
--Gee? A Gee Dome? You'll need a better name, son.


--"Just settle down now, son. Draw the lines. That's all I'm asking. Draw the lines like I say."

--"But Bucky, it's way past dinner and we didnt have any lunch and --"

--"You dont need dinner, son"

--"And that's another thing--I aint yer son."

--"Okay. Okay. So what's your name?"

--"Charles. It's Charles. Three years in this crummy department and you still caint remember my name. 

--"That is because I dont care, Chuck."

--"Yeah, well I figured as much. I shoulda stayed in Art, or Architecture.   Least they were polite and all."

--"Well Chuck, if you ever want to see graduate school, I suggest you stop the belly-aching and keep drawing. 

--"Sure. Whatever. Jes give me yer dumb coordinates and I'll draw yer dumb drawings while prac'lly everyone else I know is having fun.  It's 1969, you know.  Everything's about FUN!"

 

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