Scripps College - La Semeuse Yearbook (Claremont, CA)

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LARK Hall is agreeably informal. The living room is a , long, low room, furnished in dull red and green, where may be a Bach fiigue, a formal Come service, a wood Hreg or chords and a low voice wailing Old Man River. A dash to Mrs. Snider's room to Phone Ralph occursg a crowd assembles for house meetingg and tete-a-tetes are held in the guest-rooms. Dinner by candlelight strikes a different tone. Bobbe Lee an- nounces a house meeting, Felix tells the minutes of the council luncheon, class meetings are announced. The upstairs browsing room has greater infiormality, with a bright new Hre-Place, rows of books, the homelike disorder of Sunday morning newspapers. Freedom, and a never-waning vitality, the essence of Clark Hall is: ,, . Srmtches of song from a patio, Laughter echoes, voices low, . All that is young and alive will go Into our melody. 5

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OLL Hall, the initial building of Scripps campus, has amply lived up to its traditions this past year by sending a goodly representation to each campus event. The Toll fashion show at the first of the year marked our freshmen as worthy of fiiture consideration. The I-Iallowe'en party, the Christmas tea, the pageant, the Christmas party, which inci- dentally was favored by a visit ftom Pere Noel, and the Faculty tea, all found Toll as a center of gaiety. The Toll girls have also contributed plentihllly to the cause of the unemployed with money made ftom the sale of sandwiches peddled from hall to hall. Due to the absence of quiet hours, the Toll residents eat, sleep, and occasionally study to the beats of a kettle-drum, descending from the third story, where Scripps dancers kick their toes in a boisterous manner. From entertaining the French Consul to providing a home for a caroling Hog, Toll has adapted itself well to any occasion, under the leadership of Anne Sharp, as hall chairman the first semester, and of Emilie Paull the second. 4

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LLEN Browning I'Iall has occupied for three years the enviable position of' social and decorative climax to the campus. It embodies to a superlative degree the true Scripps spirit of culture and charm, combined with a home- like atmosphere. Its living room, garbed in the mint green of Louis XIV, is the scene of many formal teas and meetings. Its dining room and front porch provide space for campus dances. Its many small patios, appearing in unexpected places, success- fully combine the mystery of the Alhambra with the informal- ity of postern gates. Its Maiiana court and Wisluing Well ex- press the sunlight and blue of the Ivfediterranean. Nor is Ellen Browning all atmosphere. The occupants, led by Ianet Farrington, hall chairman, and Thea Butler, representa- tive, are often to be found enjoying costume parties, and feeds Passers-by hearing the radios and squeals, combined with busy typewriters and noise of dancing feet may well smile and say, There are our young barbarians all at play. 6 - gs no 1