Mount Hermon School - Gateway Yearbook (Mount Hermon, MA)

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THE HERMONITE. 171 as new has nevertheless proved its value by two years of actual service. This is Home Science Hall, which serves a triple purpose by supplying recitation and office rooms in addition to its primary' function of providing suitable accommodations for the increasingly strong household science department O girls who remember the overcrou ded rooms in Stone Hall especially the unattractive science and laboratory rooms can realize the advantage of the large uell lighted lecture rooms in the new building Those too who a marked increase in the work of the house- hold science department. Instead of the cramped quarters on the fifth fioor of Mar- quand Hall, where the inventive faculties had to be called into active service before the stu- dent could imagine the well appointed house which the instructor s lecture semed to imply the present student IS lured on from course to course of housekeeping sewing and mllllnefy by the charm of the complete and attractive suite of rooms devoted to these purposes Less conspicuous but no less useful is the NI-XRGARI-1 OLIHA MUSIC HAL1 recall first impressions in the principals the comfortable and commodious office rooms which are nou in use Incidcntally it may be l'llCIlt1OI1CCl that a few who once entered that lbrary office with shaking knees and quakmg hearts have since been prnlleged to enjoy peaceful hours in the same room now cozily furnished and set apart as the Faculty Rest Room But the chief advantage of the Home Science Building is that it has made possible central heating and lighting plant which has their 'tttcndant discomforts from the various buildings and has striven bravely to meet the periodic returns of sub zero weather and super normal winds with an impartial distri bution of heat Lamp girls too have been forced out of business and the replacing of student lamps by electricity has proved as great a boon to the seeker after good temper and a peaceable Cl1SpOS1tlOl'l as to the searcher after printed knowledge . D ,, ld . . , . Y, ' 3? ' 7 . v , ' , v ' if i , . . K. . , , . ., , l i . 1 L ' A 5 ,. ,, . . ,, . . . , . . . . 7 tiny office in Talcott Library can appreciate made possible the removal of furnaces with all . L V . . 5 - i . X -. , x C . - .... K . .- . . V. . . ,, . , ' 7 3 S ' K6 JK !! 7 ' ' Y 37

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RLSSELL Ssor MPNIORIAI CHAPEI tovl er of the Russell Sage Memorral Chapel Upon nearer approach the drstrnctrve char acter of the structure rs revealed Standrng a ttle apart upon a knoll whrch was apparently made for tlns very purpose the Chapel seems to rnvrte the beholder to vvrthdraw for a mo ment from the busy hte typlhed by dor mrtory lrbrary and recltatlon hall uhrle the massrve drgmty of rts gramte walls speaks mth a voice whrch fen of our Amerrcan burldmgs seem to possess of strength solrdrty and en durance Surely all our school hfe wrll be about the small paned wmdows lt IS 1HlpI'CS s1ve rn rts snnplrcrtv and seems adrnrrably adapted for 1ts purpose lormer students whose memorres retam unpressrons of studv hours rendered torturous by the long eontmued poundrng of tuneless prsnos urll send hearty congratulatrons that the process of acqurrmb musrc u 1ll non be conhnecl urthm sound proof walls We reyoree IH the Chapel and Musrc Hall because of therr pro1n1se for the future but another burldrng nhlch may strll be deslgnated y w ,s A J 1. A . 1. - . . - . Y - - - t, , , . . . - . .- . - Y g . . L If I t C . . s 1 4 , . . , - . - . . u l , v v v P 'A 1 . , . Y - 7 . . s . Q - .. 7 ' C , J . 1 s .. - X 0' . . . f . . - . . , - Y . , x . A - V 2 ' . . - . . - v L Y n . - 1 . 1 . . I n Y - . - 1 v - u Y J 7 . . . . . - - V Y V s

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172 THE HERMONITE No one would venture to reproduce, even in imagination, the scenes of her Seminary life without including that sheet of water which, though aspiring to such euphonious titles as f'Silver Lake or 'frystal Lake, has neverthe- less endeared itself to all true Seminary' girls under the less diffnihed name of K'The Duck 1 ond But not ey en the Duck Pond 15 proof against the changes of time Lnder the com bmed efforts of the class of 1908 and their honorary member, Nlr Perri a twin pond the ing of the wards and the refurnishing of other rooms have made banishment to the hospital a less dreaded decree than of old. So the changes have gone on during the last five years and the spirit of growth and pro- gress has been everywhere manifest. Surely' all loval members of the great body' of students past and present, unite in grateful appreciation for all that has been done to make possible this mcretse in the efficiency of the work of the School Houiz SCIENLE H ALL Lou: fery of lx' card of Chr zsfzan Il url Perry Pond IS now a reality Not only will this enlarged body of water with its brown stone budge giye additional be tuty to the tumtx for skating durmg the w mter l erhaps the gre itest change w hlch the five years haxe brought to the interior of any of the campus buildings has been in Betsey 'Xloody Cottage Former dwellers there would st tretly know the tnl trged dining room or the parlor with 1tS new fl1I'I'l1Sll1Ilff9 while the equipment of a eonx ement office the remodel HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS Oy er twenty years ago, when those subjects wtle to be found in but few of our schools Seminary eurutulum l'he begnmmg was made 111 a single attic room at Marquand, with a once a week course meludmg both subyects 'Now the department of household teononncs w ith its four instruc tors oeeuples the entire second floor of Home Qeunee Hall Separate courses are giyen in sewing, dressmakmg millmery, embroidery , Z, . y . ., , ., v V g . . . . . .' : . ' . ' - r - . 1. I ' ' ' 1 -v A . -'. c V. , tl . . il . V 55 ' v ' Y ' ' v' Y , , . - '. , g- Y 1' ' y Y , , yu Y B ' hi campus, but it will also increase the oppor- household science and art were placed in the 1' 1 .O 1 ' V ' l I' ' A I 1. . X' ' 1 g . . . B . N . L . A x -Y V v 4 'A vg s 1 mv . v- I . , Y . g . , e. - 1 . v K bb 3 v , 5 -' 1 w - I . 1 K I ' v ' , . , . - . , , 7, J,