Kalamazoo College - Boiling Pot Yearbook (Kalamazoo, MI)

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TROWBRIDGE HOUSE lT's a new Trowbridge you'll Tincl This year aT The Top oT The hill. New rooms in The new wing sTill smelling TainTly oT damp plasTer . New mail boxes impersdhally yieuinoei he? Thrills or disappoinTmenTs . . A new dren machine daily disgorging gallons of iTs poTenT po- Tion .... A new guesT room, resTTul wiTh iTs soTTly shaded' Turniahing .... New pracTice rooms buT The samfcacbphonies wiThin .... Nqw chinlw TSTMS gracious giTT of The Women'5 gogcl. . .' . A new game room compleTe wiTh ping-pong ac- couTremenTs . . . . New.communibaTions sysTem Tor The ne.w where a graTing buz-z-Z replicos thg ou incgssanT iangling of The phone . ..,, N new dormihqf hand- book To keep The residenTs in Th me old sTraighT and narrew' ....', Swv salver service To enhance-The Teia pa?Ties . . . . New women's loungeg-resT for boTh The weary and The wicked . . . 1-New house moTher .... New girls .... New house- recreaTion chairman .9. . 9 BUT .... There are Things ThaT remain The same .... The peculiar ioy of new Triend- ships .... The camaraderie oT spreads . . . . Noise in The corridors-a conTinual crescendo and decrescendo Trom morning To nighT, buT always a major problem . . . . FighTing Tor The Tunnies . . . .The monoTonous grind oT sTud'y hall .... The menTal sTimulaTion of bull sessions . . . . The noT-so-sTaTely conclaves known as house meeTings .... The never-ending novel To be read beTween The lines oT The claTe cards .... The deadly inTensiTy oT The aT- mosphere aT exam Times .... Radios pour- ing TorTh swing and The classics wiTh equal vociTerousness .... The old reTrain- QuieT hours! .... The caTch in your ThroaT when The lighTs go ouT and you know you're laTe .... Dancing in The par- lors .... Singing in The halls .... Pranks aT miclnighT .... Alarms in The cold gray dawn .... Why, iT's The same old Trowbridge-our Trowbridge-aTTer all.

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TROWBRIDGE HOUSE COUNCIL The House Council oT Mary Trowbridge House meeTs once each weelc To promoTe Those acTiviTies which malce dormiTory liTe more congenial and wholesome. To ensure The necessary condiTions Tor sTudy, girls living in The diT- TerenT corridors nominaTe candidaTes as procTors, and The Council appoinTs Trom Those suggesTed a number oT responsible girls, who will help To enTorce The house rules. ln case oT inTracTions oT rules, The Council levies The necessary penalTies. Hand in hand wiTh These serious duTies go The pleasanT acTiviTies ThaT malce up Truly gracious living. AT The beginning OT each year The Council greeTs all incoming women and makes Them Teel hearTily welcome. During The year plans Tor Two Tormal dances, one in The Fall and one in The Spring, are made. RecepTions Tor The whole college are given ioinTly wiTh The Women's League: Teas are spon- sored during exam weelcs To provide relaxaTion Trom The sTrain: Teas Tor TaculTy and Triends are given: and all Through The year inTormal geT-TogeThers Talce place once a monTh under The direcTion of The House Council.

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HOBEN HALL HOUSE COUNCIL The Hoben Hall House Councul as composed oT The Three oTTlcers oT The house Gene Yehle presndenT Rlchard Wallcer vuce pres: denT and KenneTh SchwelTzer Treasurer and one person Trom each oT The sux halls who us appo1nTed by The dorm pres1denT Those members are noT polmcung agenTs Tor The dormuTory alThough They do Try To maunTaln order un Their cormdors Anybody who lives In Hoben Hall and has a complalnT To malce or needs help In some Thang goes To The councnlor on his Tloor Tor advnce Councul meeTlngs are called regularly by The House Pres1denT and aT These meeTrngs legnslahon ns passed To make Hoben Hall a beTTer dwelling place The Councll makes all oT Tlre necessary plans Tor House Meehngs which come on alTernaTe Thursday nughTs The Two brg evenTs oT The Hoben year The Tall and spring Tormals are planned enTlrely by The Councal Gilmer Robinson house dlrecTor as an ex oTTucuo member oT The House Councnl snTs In on all meehngs and acTs as an adviser lT has long been a rule ThaT no dlscuplnnary problems oe discussed aT meeTungs T 0 . T