Linden Hall School - Leaves Yearbook (Lititz, PA)

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LINDEN HALL with a piano, to serve as its social center. Here the girls visit with one another or with callers from other groups. The living rooms are light and cheerful. They are suitably furnished. They accommodate two and four girls. Each girl has her own wardrobe closet. The special feature of the Linden Hall arrangement is the separate sleeping quarters. Each roomfcompany has its own dormi' tory, as the sleeping quarters are called. They occupy the upper story of the buildings. They consist of large, wellfventilated rooms, which are divided into small bedrooms containing a single bed. The partitions reach only half way to the ceiling. There is, therefore, free circulation of air without the danger from draught. The ar' rangement closely approximates the benefits of the outdoor sleeping porch. VVhen the livingfroom must also serve as a bedroom it is inevi' table, at least in colder weather, that ventilation will be sacriiced for warmth. At Linden Hall the girls sleep where the breezes blow and dress and live where it is warm. A combination bed and livingfroom can never be kept as neat and comfortable as a livingfroom minus the bed. The Linden Hall dormitory plan assures each girl the full measure of privacy that is her due, and at the same time aifords her the security that the presence of others, including the teacher, insures. Its unquestioned advantages in the matter of protection, health and neatness commend it strongly to thinking parents. The girls themselves are enthusiastic about it. It plays a large part in pro' moting the good health which Linden Hall girls enjoy. The Seniors and advanced students occupy the Annex, a newly' erected wing, to the Castle. They live in rooms which accommodate two girls. The rooms are most attractive and comfortable. They are light and airy and are supplied with hot and cold water. They are used for living and study purposes only. The sleeping apartments are separate as described above and occupy the upper story of this wing. fPage Tmj

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LINDEN HALL environment. It is our aim, therefore, to surround her with an at- mosphere that is truly 'homelike. Our system of domestic arrangements, duplicating the best features of home and familyflifeg the presence in the school of girls of all ages, the fact that the principal and his wife live in the school, and keep in sympathetic touch with each member of the school householdg as well as the courteous and kindly spirit that marks the mutual relations of all, tend to produce that homeffeeling that has endeared the school to many generations of students. I didn't know that any school could be as nice as Linden Hall is. It is altogether different from the boarding schools I have at' tended heretofore. It is just like home. Everyone is so kind and takes a personal interest in you. I love it and feel as much at home as though I had always been here, is what one girl said about it. The Room Companies and the Girl Linden Hall assumes the fullest responsibility for every girl entrusted to its care. It regards as a sacred obligation the welfare of each individual student. To fulfill this obligation, it has adopted a unique system of domestic arrangements. The pupils and teach' ers form the household, at the head of which are the principal and his wife. Each girl receives the most careful individual attention and the fullest degree of protection. The pupils below the Senior Class are divided, according to age, into roomfcompanies, comprising from ten to twenty girls. The life of the girls in the roomfcompanies is much the same as in a wellfregulated home. They have the beneit of the constant com- panionship and wise counsel of two duty teachers who take charge on alternate weeks. Cheerful Living Quarters Bach group or roomfcompany occupies its own lloor in one of the buildings. A complete suite of rooms, including both lavatories, showers, etc., is at the command of the group. In addition to the customary students' living rooms, each group has its own large sittingfroom, attractively furnished and equipped ' fray New

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