Chatham College - Cornerstone Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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It has become a certainty to Chatham ' s family and friends that when one is attempting to lo- cate a stray student, the most reasonable place to find hei will he either the snack bar. the book- store, or the post office. Our only reply to this is Well, one must relax, and life becomes s, fascinating over a cup or three of coffee, a new record or piles ol mail! The minutes, often hours, spent here are labeled by many as wast- ed, which they are on many accounts. And yet, lew will deny the lact that the snack bar means Inn to all those students, professors, and admin- istrators who have ever or will ever experience its effervescent, completely non-academic atmos- phere. Can any ol us really sit here and say that the rhythm ol the jukebox doesn ' t throb us into vibrant beings or soothe us into docile souls? Can we admit that we aren ' t constantly intrigued and captivated by Mr. Ashman ' s innovation in the Purple Seal? (A tidy place which does in- deed cover a multitude of sins, for it is here that one can stock up on anything horn disecting kits to bubble bath to Babar and His Child- ren. ) Can we sav that our lives would continue in their well-rounded patterns without Mis. Hennel ' s hamburgers and Mrs. Trax ' s milk- shakes? Aside from these things, the snack bar serves a most worthy cause lot the community in that it alleviates all problems concerning ex- cess monev dangerously jingling in some happy, but soon-to-be-empty pocket: not to mention the solution for Chatham ' s sleepy kids honorably provided by the ventilation system. There is one time during the da when the masses leave their happy huddles in the snack bar to migrate lull force to the post office: here they crush and cramp each other from 10:20- 10:31 (the din is so great that one can ' t possibly be expected to hear the bell — the bell, hah! Sounds much more like Chatham ' s call to arms!) And then, one by one. the crowd disperses show- ing gleeful faces or beating dusty hands. Some of the extremely fortunate ones clutch their fresh- ly acquired mad money and race furiously back to Mrs. Sander at the cash register.

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Music Center looks like a scene from Hansel anil Gretel, but its functions are highly prac- tical as well as aesthetic. All voice and instru- mental lessons are held at Musi( Centei which is also the home of the Opera Workshop, the Chatham Chorus and Chapel Choir, concerts and recitals, sons; practices, and arts seminars. The present seniors remember when Wednesday after- noon orientation sessions and t lass meetings were held in Music Center. Braun, talk and Coolidge are in their third year ol service and are now beginning to have a familiar, settled ait about them, Braun shelters the administration, while Falk and Coolidge are centers of public affairs as well as class activities. Arts cards can now be gathered without leaving the campus — throughout the year varied art exhibits have been a feature in Falk, and have ranged from an exhibit of Early American prac- tical aits to a selection ol fantastic landscapes. Even students who are graduated from the arts absorb culture while sauntering ' to class. Coolidge lecture hall was the scene of fdeas in Transi- tion, the lecture series sponsored by the Alum- nae Association. Informal classes like the creative writing class taught by Dr. Eldredge relax in the small conference rooms in Falk and Coolidge, and the larger basic curriculum courses meet in the chocolate-brown or terra-cotta lecture rooms. Faculty offices are scattered throughout these two buildings, where faculty and students meet for conferences, academic or otherwise.