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ffdll Jerfm IRST term and the weather protests mightily against the advent of fall. Many a student is betrayed into languorous spring fever, indeed no one is seriously convinced that autumn has really come, for Indian summer is upon us with all her sultry graces. Only the trees faithfully advise that autumn is here. With the advance of October the leaves turn red and yellow, flaunt their colors for a week or two, then wither up and fall. At Towson they drift over a dormitory already at the second floor. Before the leaves begin to drop, however, Student Qrg sponsors a campus party for inspec-
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tion of the building and its progress. Enthusiastic guides point out the location of everything from the bicycle room to date parlors. They draw our attention to yawning elevator shafts and to fireplaces that gaze with boredom at the vast emptiness round about. After scrambling up ladders and over chunks of wood and plaster, they pull us over to the windows. Far beyond the solemn pines, the Hamboyant oaks we see the ellipse of blue which is Loch Raven. Another campus party is given to celebrate the raising of the ridge pole, highest point on the building. In earlier times a Christmas tree would have been nailed there, but today an American flag streams from the pole. Now, however, as in the past, the workmen are feted. Huge trays of sandwiches are passed around together with coffee and ice cream. XV hen the dormitory is explored the ladies are pleased to find the ladders replaced by staireases. Everyone is impressed by the immensity of the building and by its aspect of strength and of simplicity. First term. As the laborers work on the campus, we slip in late for an eight-thirty in philosophy. As the walls at Towson rise, classroom doors open and shut along Charles and St. Paul and 'llwenty-third. But before we settle down to books and quizzes comes the bustle of opening week. On the first day Dinah Dormgirl and Suzy Citystudent wander about in a line distraction. 'llhey and their cousins by the dozens line up in a queue that twists from the rotunda into room ll. There each newcomer is photographed, ostensibly for purposes of identification, although the possibility of this is denied by all those who have seen their pictures. As this line collapses, another is formed within the registrar's ofhce. I-Iere Suzy and Dinah get the paraphernalia necessary for schedule making,
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