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The Commons . . . the meeting place of all dorm students to congregate over tood ... in warm weather the long line outside and the barricaded road in front ... in cold weather the entwining mass of students up, down and around the stairs . . . the smiling faces that fade when one asks for Haven for Hungry Students more corn or No potatoes, please . . . the groans of The Common those who do not like what ' s being served passing like wild fire down the line . . . the search tor a table large enough to seat all . . . the Congratulations and Happy Birthdays sung at appropriate times . . . the four note chime signalling an announce- ment to follow . . . the apartments ot maintenance tamilies . . . the home ot married women students . . . the yellow-walled infirmary rooms which help cheer us when ill . . . the reassuringly near quarters of the student nurse. Senior Men ' s Hall . . . the recently completed dormitory which replaced the Hole to be filled with taith . . . the sophisticated upper-class level of its occupants . . . those get-togethers ot senior men to talk over the previous three years and give the younger residents good pointers on dating . . . the buzzer Hall of Distinction system which is the envy of the girls to the south . . . the r. T» , TT look into the warm, luxuriant lounges through a snow- bENiOR Men s Hall ( . a ■ a .1 r 1 . ?• ■ ■ i frosted window . . . the formal teas and receptions inside . . . seventy windows to the north atFording ample view ot the football field . . . the unfinished third floor — the only part of the Hole still to be filled . . . the classrooms set off from the rest of the ground f oor by corrugated glass walls . . . the spacious recreation room where one might witness the triumph ot a ping-pong game or completed registration . . . the East Door leading to Ad- ministration offices, pay envelopes and appointments with our Deans. Irion Hall . . . the home of underclassmen tellows shared with the School of Music . . . those sweet early hours and late tired hours pierced by the intermingling of divergent strains ot music watting through the building . . . the music lessons and small music classes in which it is impossible to dodge an Of Men and Music assignment . . . sounds ot late afternoon choral rehearsals J interrupting that nap . . . the tantalizing smell of tried onions emanating from the faculty apartment below . . . the bull sessions in which tellows congregate to talk her over . . . the hustle getting read) ' to impress the girl on Saturday night . . . the charged air of excitement and jubilation following a football triumph . . . the barber, cleaning and restaurant services established by enterprising residents . . . the all- night sessions before a Greek test . . . the Irion Hall Chapel where Vespers and Matins are held . . . the blinking light to remind those not there to observe quiet . . . the jittering experience for the junior and senior men conducting services for the first time and the relief they feel afterwards . . . the clanging of typewriters recording history in the offices of the E )?is and E m Bark. 10
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Symbol of Elmhurst Old Main Old Main . . . the building ot classrooms and laboratories, almost as old as Elmhurst College itself. . . on a typical day stretching and yawning with the arrival at bleary-eyed students tor 8 A.M. classes . . . bustling with between-chiss jocularity and smoke-clouded greetings, and then reposing to htty minutes ot cahn only to be reawakened at the end of the class period . . . listening to its own heartbeat — the tjuarter hour chimes becoming longer and more insistent until the next hour is reached and it breathes more easily . . . pausing at noon and at six o ' clock to peal a message to its friends, reminding them ot deeper values . . . harboring experiments ot future chemists and knite- happy biologists . . . encouraging lectures and discussions on Kant and Thurber . . . urging conferences with faculty members . . . sympathetic to balloting and the sale of dance bids, student directories, Christmas cards . . . sighing at the close of the day as the stragglers finish collecting mail and scanning the bulletin board. The Library . . . the morning rush at eight to get those overnight books in and still get to class on time . . . the shocked faces when told the book is out . . . studying and visiting in the basement rooms . . . the looks received when whispers become too audible . . . the crowded periodical stacks when termpapers are due . . . the efficiency of Miss Stickle, Mrs. Dailey and their assistants . . . the warm interest and untiring efforts of these librarians . . . the new ear- phone phonograph which our fines helped buv . . . the 42,000 books available for our use . . . the popular Closed Reserve shelf . . . the anticipated, regular breaks for a smoke . . . the irregular and spasmodic outbreaks of whispers and suppressed laughter . . . the rustle of the newspaper by those whose work is done . . . the glances at displays or anything to make up more time before settling down to an evening of study . . . the mad fiipping of pages (jf unread books before a test . . . the cramming and worried looks the night before finals . . . the nine-thirty adjournment to the S.U. Kranz Hall ... a link between the old Pro-Seminary and the contemporar - Elmhurst College, continuing in vitality after eighty years . . . gathering-place of town students in the lounge to study, relax, play cards . . . scene of club meetings where common interests are explored . . . the fijrmulation of student policies in committee meetings . . . the buzz of activity in the Speech Clinic and adjacent Speech offices and classroom . . . faculty offices lining the second-fioor hall . . . apartments housing maintenance families . . . the campus radio station WRSE which originates here . . . the popular Student Union store where students meet over cokes, malts and hamburgers . . . the clean room at the start of the da ' and the place that looks later as though hit by a cyclone despite all efforts . . . the TV set and the juke box competing foi- attention onl to be lost in the discussion of latest national elections. Center of Learning The Library The Campus OcrociEXAiUAX Kranz Hall jOQlhillilillnili JP itiOiilllMaSiisi
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