Graceland University - Acacia Yearbook (Lamoni, IA)

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-4 4 Visiling hours are over, Ed Wesl' The Westerners Why don'+ you Try Maluraiion, Sinlz? i Survival of 'lhe fiffesf I say There, 5 old man Q' W? L is si Q. 1 lO4- ' Wifh lhe arrival of Jrhe relurning servicemen agile semesler, came lhe problem ol whal lo 'do wilh lhe long-looked-lor, and expecled Gi, for Graceland's dormilories were filled +o overflowing. So, Lamoni lowns- people were conlacled, and many graciously agreed lo lurn over spare rooms lo lhe college lor lhese roomless velerans. Quile a few of 'rhe fellows remained al Wesl l-lall, however, and il soon came lo be lcnown as lhe 'ilwome of Jrhe ex-GI. l-lolding informal meelings, lhe m.en selecled Their dorm olrlicers and planned lheir aclivilies, which included birlhday parries, nighlly leeds, and .gap lesls. Wesl l-lall has provided space for relaxalion, lun, and sludy in!-an allempl lo bring college life closer lo lhe former servicemen. i i J

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Really, Cloonan, I iusl' fold 3 hum... The efernal feminine foibles Man in the halI Walker Supra-entrance lookoui' Academic afmosphere Mrs. Hulmes acting as counselor Walker, lhe largesl oi The dormilories, is a vilal life cenler on lhe hill. Sludenls come lo ils dining room for meals and lo ils spacious recep- lion room for everylhing from a briel char lo an all-school parly. l-lowever, +o lhe IZO girls who live lhere, il is much more lhan lhal. ll is home, l , wilh feveryihing lhis implies--coniabs over an ironingin Jrhe service rooms, Tuesday evening worship services, week ends wilh Jrhe 'praclgcing of various culinary skills and The resullfng delicious odors driiling' upland down lhe halls, and The piano bealing oulr Hurry Up Blues. These scenes acled oul on Walker's versalile slage will long be dear and familiar lo lhe girls who malceiilr lheir home. i 4.

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F i l .. . . if ilfil l supcirllggedf ffl 7i1lT , T A sorrow X VVV, Royceffes T l . celebrafe i H' before ar' a evacuafion . . ,lm SI, Ohara Due +o Jrhe influx of more male sludenls in Jrhe second semesler, Royce insfrliicfs l-lall was converled info a men's dormilory. The Tirsl semesler Jrhe populalion Royce was feminine, and Jrhe Roycelles made lheir dorm lruly a home, complele , even To Sunda nighl su ers lo which each irl conlribuled. The irls Sfabnows , Y 8 , 8 9 eighf hours evacualed wilh reluclan-ce, as Jrhe Wesl l-lall boys happily sellled lhem- Mom and selves in Jrhe convenienlly silualed Royce. This move rellecled lhe Jrrans- 'Pana ilional nalure of lhe school year. The boys losl no lime in malcing Jrhem- Hun+ef'S H19 selves al- home. l-lere was Jrhe sire for union wilh sludenls in lown homes, ihe domesflc . . - - Type leeds: club meehngs, roolc sessions, exchange of anefcdoles, and, of course, Y,,,,,,,! sludy and resl. Someone wrole Jrhal college life is nor complele wilhoul S. dorm life, il lhis be lrue, Jrhe boys in Royce have cerlainly compleled a lgns of , the limes lull college life. + - --lO3 lL