Grand View University - Viking Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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The Girls' Dorm is principally a residence. To be sure, There are classes and parTies held There, buT The real acTiviTy, The charm and fascinaTion of The place sTem from The fusion of The personalifies of iTs occupanTs. IT is refreshing To see how each room, Though idenfi- cal on an archiTecT's plan, can be so differenT and so indicafive of iTs TenanT's personalify. A longer walk, for The girls, aT leasT, Takes one To The Gym hall. IT is easily The mosf re- laxed building on The campus and, Though doomed To be re- placed evenTually, lies quiTe contenfedly now. Of laTe iT has Taken on a moTherly aspect wiTh a sTudenT's house-Trailer nestled up To iTs proTecTive flank. 8

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A shorT vvolk, or o long one, depending on The vveoTher, corries one To on opposiTe exTreme in orchiTecTure, buT To no chonge in spiriT. Mony liTTle dromos hoive begun, ond ended, on The sTeps of The Girls' DormiTory. DespiTe This lJuilding's reloTive youTh, iTs vvolls ond holls ore Toking on on ouro of permonence, os if iT hos olvvoys been There. lTs lounge, Too, hos o very diTTerenT oTmos- phere. Here is resTTul, corpeTed quiTe, ond soTT solos To TempT one To pouse, resT ond CollecT one's vviTs. 7

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The be all and end all of our days here is The Church. IT is The compleTion of The picTure of our educaTion and The ever-presenT symbol of our spiriTuaI obIigaTions. Aloof and unchanging, iT waTches over The campus, a consTanT reminder of God's place in our everyday lives. 9