Milton College - Fides Yearbook (Milton, WI)

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GOODRICH HALL SPEAKS . . . Main Hall may be the oldest building on the campus, but I've been here since 1857! . replied Goodrich Hall, more familiarly known as nThe Dorm. Iiln the fall of 1857 although the village boasted some fifty houses, there weren't enough rooms for students of the Academy to rent, '50 the trustees began planning for a dormitory. Our good friend, Ioseph Goodrich, his sister Polly, and his son-in-law Ieremiah Davis were largely responsible for the generous subscriptions made. Most people think that I've always been a girls' hall, sighed the dorm reminiscently, but I always like to remember my first five years here on the campus when girls lived on the two top floors and men occupied the first floor and the basement. But it didn't last, and they finally bought another building for the menaGent's Hall. qu the girls nowadays could see the way their rooms used to be furnished, they'd be pretty glad to be living in 1945! The tables, chairs, and beds weren't so different, but every room had a washbasin and waterpitcher on the dresser and was equipped with a stove in one corner. The girls brought their own wood which was kept in a big woodpile at the back door. Sometimes I used to get a bit worried over attempts at Hre building, but with my solid brick walls, I guess it was unnecessary. 11In 1931 under the direction of Mrs. H. O. Burdick, the rooms were redecorated, and some new furniture was bought. Last summer the administration took pity on me again, and Bernie Westlund demonstrated his artistic talents by painting the rooms in various pastel tints. But more than that: the old Iduna Room up on third floor was remodeled, and now there are four new bedrooms and a nice lounge. Yes, I can consider myself quite lucky. I hope I never grow too old to enjoy the pranks these kids think up, continued the Continued on Page 20 Seventeen