Milton College - Fides Yearbook (Milton, WI)

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MAIN HALL SPEAKS . . . Since 1855 I've stood here just as strong and sturdy as the day I was built. That's a long time, you know, and there's been many a storm I've weathered, but through thick and thin I've come and am proud to say I'm the oldest building on the campus. Why, I can rememher 'way back when there used to be a well in the basement, and the young lads used to earn their tuition by cutting wood for the furnace. Those were the days! And just between you and meel had quite a part in the Civil War. Yes sir, the fellows drilled in what they now call chapel. 'Tis true I've been changed around a bit, but understand now, it wasn't much, and after all, everyone needs a little going over now and then. But it'll be a good many years before they get me down. Wonder how the Chem students would like to have lab down in the cafeteria. That's where the first chemistry laboratory was, and Dr. Edwin Shaw even helped to put it in. Kind of glad old Whitford got it by the smells of the last years! The dining room used to be where the Century Room is, and on the East side were a kitch- en and two bedrooms. I certainly had everything-eeven the library was once in the history room. Illl bet vae been invaded more than any other building on the campus. Those boys and girls don't care when they come ncalling. Icanlt help laughing when I think of the time some boys took the bolts out of the seats in chapel, and the next morning when chapel time rolled around it was a funny sight to see so many people sitting on the floor. And then there villas the time they plugged the keyholes with putty so that even the janitor couldn't get into t e rooms. You all know, of course, that I'm quite a popular building: I've harbored so many organi- zations that it would make your head swim. For instance the YWCA, YMCA, the Social Committee, the Shakespearean Board, and the Forensic Board are just a few that have gath- ered within my walls. The YWCA and the YMCA used to hold separate meetings on Tuesday evenings. The girls met in the English Room and the boys in the German Room. On Friday evenings they held joint meetings in the English Room. As the activities increased on the campus, the TueSa day meetings were transferred to Chapel time on Tuesday mornings, and it was not until a few years ago that the Friday meetings ceased. In 194344 all meetings of the YWCA and YMCA were dispensed with, although the cabinet of the YMCA continued to hold regu- lar meetings. The cabinets of these organizations have done a line job during the last 35 years. The two cabinets cooperated for years in arranging for the college Christmas Vesper Service, and also the Friday night service of Commencement Week. The Social Committee held their weekly meetings in my hall to plan teas, Hallowe'en par- ties, mixers, hay-rides, picnics, Christmas parties, and they even challenged the faculty to a volleyball game in the gym. A new Social Chairman is chosen every semester, and he or she in turn may pick his own committee. The Shakespearean Board was organized in 1928 and took over the work of the literary lyceums, which for many years staged the Shakespearean plays. And now for my pride and joyethe Student Council. It's the organization on the campus ' and for years it has held its meetings in the History Room. The Student Council is composed of students chosen from the various classes to act as representatives. Hardly a move can be made without first having the Student Council vote on it, and many a president has walked up that center aisle in Chapel and called the Friday morning session to order. The Forensic Board was organized in 1927, and reorganized in 1931. This group tries each year to bring to the campus some person outstanding in his field. Among them have been Father Lynch, Miss Anne Cooke, Chester Easum, and Edward Eigenschenck. Well, I guess I've done more than my share of talking, at least for the time being. Nine