Carnegie Mellon University - Thistle Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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McGill Hall OFFICERS President Dormitory Council Representatii'c Vice-President and Judge of Trials . . . . Secretary Treasurer L . K. Harris M. E. Toussaint J. W. Hasken J. Kinghorn . R. F. Schneider 328

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Men’s Dormitory Council J. L. Knight, President M. E. Toussaint J. O. Hansen W. F. Simpson H. Chequer, Jr. The Men's Dormitory Council is composed of one representative from each of the men's dormitories, and is the supervisory body in the self-government of this group. Its functions are largely advisory, but its decision is final on matters pertaining to dormitory affairs. This system of self-government has been distinctly successful, and has many outstanding advantages over the method used in some schools. With the full co-operation of the administration and the students themselves, the Men's Dormitory Council has done much to make the dormitories a better place to live in. 327

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Boss Hall OFFICERS D. T. Owen...............................................President V. F. Simpson . Dormitory Council Representative J. F. Simpson. Secrctary'Treasurer FLOOR MANAGERS J. UrSTILL Rex Keener G. E. Sheer E. W. Fell A. D. Studybaker A. W. Staudt A pile of red brick, machine-made, looking indifferently upon a foggy noon through three rows of emotion' less windows. At night, a doling glowworm, on whose sides symmetrical ranks of yellow patches are punctuated by a few vivid blue-white rectangles—windows like the eyes of a philosopher that disclose glimpses of the life within. There is life within the stoic monster. Classes arc over for the day. and students arc preparing for another— hopefully, despairingly, profanely, laughingly, nonchalantly, reading detective novels, limiting integrals, typing reports, and shuttling slide rules back and forth in mechanical multiplication. As the hours slip past they emerge from their cells and gather to discuss women and religion and flip cigarette ashes on the concrete floor. Self appointed reconnoitcrers set out to seek food at the grill across the way. A loud speaker vies raucously with a Victrola and a thumping banjo. Then silence hesitantly creeps over the dorm. The night fades, and when the sun has penetrated the morning mists, alarm clocks jangle, and from a muddle of hot water and crumpled laundry, larvae emerge and disappear. The dorm is empty, and only memories echo hollowly through the halls. 329