Elmhurst College - Elms Yearbook (Elmhurst, IL)

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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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Senior Men ' s Dorm seen across the Gardens. View of Irion Hail. 12