Carnegie Mellon University - Thistle Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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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

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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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Scobell Hall Scobell started the year with an enviable record to be held. Her last year's team won the Interfraternity-Dorniitory Basketball Cup which was presented by Scalp and Blade. This is the first time in the history of the school that the cup has been won by a dormitory. The achievement was the result not only of hard work itself but also of that intangible spirit which makes Scobell unique among dormitories—esprit de corps. It is chiefly by instilling in the Plebes a consideration for the rights of others and a wholesome respect for dormitory discipline that this spirit of co-operation has been attained. Scobell has always been at the front in all activities in which dormitories might be entered, and last year through her influence a new activity was thrown open to dormitory men, namely, the migratory dance. This was formerly a function for fraternity men only, but last year a committee of Scobellites successfully managed the dormitory share of the migratory. The problem of making the dorms a quiet place in which to work has been a difficult one, but Scobell has solved it with some success by means of thorough organization and supervision. 330