Lamar University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, December 3, 1982 Page: 4 of 12
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UNIVERSITY PRESS December 3,1982*4
Everett, Dillahuntyr give lessons
Scuba diving class 690 percent fun’
By CATHRYN GREENE
UP contributing writer
John Everett’s scuba diving class at
Lamar has about 65 students, with the
male-to-female ratio about equal.
The course, listed in the schedule as
“Advanced Water .Aquatics,” Everett
describes as being “90 percent fun.”
He’s been teaching these classes for
about seven years, and together with assis-
tant Frank Dillahunty, shows students cor-
rect techniques of diving, as well as proper
use of various types of equipment.
Everett and Dillahunty give classroom
instruction to the whole class, but it is
divided into two groups for pool and open-
water diving.
In the classroom, students learn the im-
portance of rules such as maintaining pro-
per breathing under water, and obtaining
proper bouyancy, through lectures and
films.
Positive buoyance is the ability to float
to the surface. A wetsuit makes a person
more bouyant. Negative buoyancy can be
achieved by letting air out and adding
more weight.
Everett says that he presents his lec-
tures in an informal manner which is easy
for students to understand. He keeps the
class laughing, and frequently tells jokes
and stories about his diving experiences.
He tells one story about a friend who had
what is called nitrogen narcosis, a condi-
tion caused by the increasing pressure of
nitrogen on the brain at various water dep-
ths.
“It is kind of like an underwater
drunkenness, because your ability to think
and perceive is altered,” Everett said.
“One guy I know was down there and
was really happy when a big fish came up
to him. Well, he decided the fish needed
air, too, so he gave it some breaths off his
mouthpiece, forgetting that he needed the
mouthpiece back. He did survive, though,
and the condition goes away when you get
to the surface.”
Everett explained that how deep you
must go to be affected by this condition
depends on the person, but it is usually
deeper than 100 feet.
“Though some people like deep dives for
just that reason, we limit ours to 100 feet,”
he said.
The students learn to use the diving
equipment in the pool in the women’s gym.
Toward the end of the semester they at-
tend open-water classes and are eligible
for other diving trips. By the end of
classes, they are able to get their diving
certificates if they meet the requirements.
Everett started diving in 1960 when he
was 12 years old, and got his first certifica-
tion in 1962.
“I got interested in diving from wat-
ching ‘Sea Hunt,’ a weekly television show
from the late ‘50s and early ‘60s and the
Jacques Cousteau specials in the early
‘70s,” he said.
Everett’s interest in sea creatures is
detectable in talking to him.
“It’s easy to relate to the divers’ feeding
and playing with turtles and other animals
and fish,” he said.
“People have more respect for what’s in
the water once they see for themselves
what’s there. The animals are not
dangerous. They are actually more afraid
of people than people are of them.”
He holds open-water classes for his
students at Toledo Bend, Lake Travis and
the Gulf of Mexico.
“By the first trip, the class is well ac-
quainted, so they start having a great time
right off the bat,” he said.
“When on a group diving trip, approx-
imately 20 people can dive at a time. It
would not be practical to put them all in
the water at once. Everybody would just
be bumping into and making faces at each
other, so not much diving would get done.”
In comparing diving in the Gulf to diving
in the Caribbean, Everett said that people
are only able to dive around here from
April to November. In the Caribbean, div-
ing is good all year around.
“But one thing that people don’t realize
is that if they can’t afford to go to the
Caribbean, there is some of the best diving
to be had right here in the Gulf,” Everett
said.
Everett feels that it costs about the same
to go diving in the Gulf as it does “for a
night on the town.”
The tuition fee for the course is $65.
Equipment needed for the class runs $65
and up. This includes a buoyancy compen-
sator, which is a vest or jacket that fills
with air for gliding and hovering, fins,
mask, snorkle, class manual and study
guide.
The rest of the equipment, including
tanks and air, is provided for pool instruc-
tion and open-water classes by the univer-
sity.
“It is the most economical way to get in-
to diving and you also get college credit,”
Everett said.
“Diving is a weightless feeling. All
astronauts have been taught to dive
because the feeling is similar to that of
floating in space. It’s somewhat a dream-
like state.”
Everett, accompanied by his wife,
Kathy, four-year-old daughter Loralei,
Dillahunty, present students, and anyone
else who wants to go, take diving trips to
the Caribbean on an average of once a
month all year round.
Some of the places he dives are Mexico,
the Bahamas, Honduras and the Virgin
Islands. His favorites though are Cayman
Brae, islands south of Cuba, and Bon Aire,
north of South America.
“It’s a tough life,” he says, with a grin.
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Kicking smoking habit
found difficult by some
By SUE WRIGHT
UP staff writer
It’s somewhat like getting a divorce, or
having your best friend move off to
California, or spending Christmas Day in a
motel room 2,000 miles from home. It’s all
these things lumped together and worse.
The feelings of loss and emptiness are in-
describable.
They can only be understood by a fellow-
traveller who has just given up smoking.
I had flirted with the idea of laying aside
the habit many times. But each time I con-
vinced myself that I really wasn’t addicted
and that I could “take it or leave it alone.”
But I found myself “taking a cigarette”
much more often than refusing one.
Everyone must be motivated to give up
any long-standing habit, and in my case
the motivating factor was fear. When I lost
my brother to a lung malignancy that his
physician described as “a typical
cigarette smoker’s cancer,” I was scared.
Despite that since 1964 the evidence of
the hazards of smoking has steadily
mounted, and even though the current
Surgeon General, Dr. C. Everett Koop, has
termed smoking “the major single cause
of cancer mortality in the United States,”
it took a personal loss to bring those facts
into focus.
Smoking has been definitely linked to
heart disease and disabling respiratory
ailments such as emphysema, in addition
to the toll of lives it takes from cancer.
And, on the other side of the coin, no
evidence can be shown of any benefits
derived from smoking.
I know that statement is going to pro-
voke a rousing argument from smokers.
Having been a dedicated one myself, I can
play devil’s advocate and recite some of
than.
“Cigarettes give me a lift,” “they calm
me down,” and “smoking is pleasant and
relaxing” are just a few. And these are
valid arguments. The problem is to ferret
out the reason that each individual chooses
to smoke.
Why do you smoke?
The National Cancer Institute, in con-
junction with the federal government, puts
out a free pamphlet to help smokers iden-
tify their reasons for smoking.
The NCI identifies six categories of
smokers. There are those who smoke to
reduce tension; those who derive pleasure
from handling cigarettes; the
psychologically-addicted smoker; those
who smoke for pleasurable relaxation; the
stimulation seekers; and those who smoke
out of sheer habit.
By answering a few simple questions to
determine how you view cigarettes you
can determine in which category you
belong.
I scored highest on handling and tension
reduction.
I already knew that the little ceremony
involved in the act of reaching for a
cigarette, lighting up and locating an ash
tray was a tension-reducer for me. In an
awkward social situation, it gave me time
to relax and provided a socially acceptable
thing to do with my hands.
My hands, if left to their own devices,
will do weird things. I will find them stray-
ing upwards to scratch my head (is that lit-
tle itch telling you something?) or sneak-
ing furtively toward a nostril with the ob-
vious intention of committing the most
unmentionable of social gaffes.
So handling cigarettes, not the act of
smoking them, led to tension reduction for
me.
Armed with this knowledge, I felt that I
had met the enemy, and if he wasn’t yet
mine, at least I knew some of his battle
tactics.
Now comes the bad part. The NCI has
certain tips and advice for quitters,
prepared by experts after long-term
studies, that apply to each of the
categories of smokers.
“The handler,” such as I was, is advised
to substitute a cylindrical object such as a
pen or pencil for the cigarette. (My tip:
Carry a notebook too, and people will think
you have a reporting assignment instead
of a pencil fetish.)
Smoking for psychological reasons, ac-
cording to the NCI, is the most difficult ad-
diction to deal with. This type of smoker
must quit “cold-turkey.” However, the
prognosis for long-term abstinence for this
person is good, because the ordeal of quit-
ting has been so bad, he will resist the
temptation to start up again for fear of
having to go through the same agony.
Those people who feel they derive real
pleasure from smoking may find that an
honest assessment of the harmful effects
of their habit can help them quit. They
need to substitute other pleasurable ac-
tivities for their cigarettes.
The stimulation smoker, who treats
cigarettes as something to wake up with,
or to provide energy, is advised to
substitute exercise or brisk walks as
energy-promoting activities.
Many smokers use cigarettes as crut-
ches in moments of stress, but trouble is
ahead for the heavy smoker who believes
that a cigarette can solve problems. When
things are going well, this smoker finds it
easy to quit, but the moment tension
mounts, he is at it again. Substitution of
physical or social activities for relief of
tension is advised for him.
The habit smoker probably is no longer
getting much satisfaction from his cigaret-
tes. This is the smoker who has two
cigarettes going at one time and lets them
both bum out in the ash tray. The key to his
success in quitting is to understand that
habit, not desire, motivates him.
The NCI’s Office of Cancer Communica-
tions says there is not one magic way for
everybody to quit smoking, but there are a
great many effective ways. It is up to the
individual to find the way that will work
for him.
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Tisdale, John. Lamar University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, December 3, 1982, newspaper, December 3, 1982; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth499888/m1/4/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.