Rider University - Shadow Yearbook (Lawrenceville, NJ)

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EDITH WRIGHT HALL ln SepTember, I948, EdiTh WrighT Hall, one Time women's dormiTory was converTed inTo a men's dormiTory and renamed WrighT Hall. The reason Tor This change was due To The increase in men sTudenTs aT Rider. MosT of The men of WrighT Hall are Treshman, and They Tind Their liTe TogeTher aT Wrighf Hall pleasanT and harmonious. House elecTions are held in Seplremloer aT which Time a PresiclenT, SecreTary and Treasurer are elecTed. According To Mr. GlanTz. precepTor, The boys of WrighT Hall are boTh plesanT and co-operaTive.

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GREENWCOD HALL This was The firsf year in fhe lasf decade fhaf Greenwood l-lall has been occupied by male Rider College sfudenfs. For fhe pasf few years fhis clormifory has been fhe home of independenf freshman girls, and only because of fhe change in sfuclenf rafios did fhis become a men's dorm. . One of fhe mosf beaufiful and besf sifuafed dorrnifories on fhe campus, Greenwood l-lall was home for close fo 'lhirfy sfudenfs fhis year. Even wifh fhis number of sfudenls each and every person had all fhe comforfs of home and an ever presenf friendly afmosphere exisfed fhroughouf fhe house. Alfhough fhis hall is bordered on one side by a lof if offers fhe felling of freedom fo The occupanfs of The dorm, and also gives fhem ample room for fheir afhlefic acfivifies. Represenfafives of This dormifory were acfive in sporfs, bofh infer-dorm and infra-mural, socially fhrough fhe various clubs and frafernifies in fhe school, and educafionally by virfue-of achiev- ing honor grades in fheir classes. limi 1f' ,TkW1hkv llil... , -

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Over TwenTy of Riders TinesT sludenls occupy This excepTional dormilory on ChesTnuT Avenue. All oT These men help To conlribule Towards The achievernenl This house has made during The pasT year. Originally, when The dorm was TirsT opened, iT housed niqhT session sTudenls and They were limiTed in Their social liTe. Now wiTh The disconTinuance of nighT session This dorm, as so many oThers, has Taken an acTive parT in The social parT in The social progress oT The college. Members oT The dorm are acfive parlicipanls in Tra- TerniTies and clubs ThroughouT The college. ThroughouT The school year, TrequenT social gaTher- ings were held aT The dorm, and The house was again enTirely redecoraTed during The year To meeT The needs and demands of iTs members. SMITH HALL 226