Shady Side Academy - Academian Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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HOUSES . . of The design for living . . On Monday, September 8, boarders drift in during the late af- ternoon and early evening. By eight o'clock everyone is in and housemasters call the first house meeting of the year to explain to new boys and to recall to old ones the organization and rules of the houses. Within the next few hours, curtains are hung, beds are made, and clothes are unpacked: within the next few days the routine of boarding impresses itself upon the boarder's daily life. Sunday night . . . Headlights feel their way up the hill, cars stop to unload at Morewood or Bayard, or continue on to Croft or Ellsworth. Weekend excitement is over: now it's time to check in and get that theme done for Monday morning. This done, boys gather in one room and hash over the dates, parties and experi- ences of the weekend. The morning brings with it the raucous buzzer and Cordic's antics blaring forth from every radio in the house. The chores of bed-making and cleaning up the rooms for the room check plus a little last minute cramming consume the time between breakfast and chapel. Wednesday means laundry collection and a little ex- tra effort in changing beds. Chapel leads into morning classes, the classes to lunch. After lunch comes the afternoon with its studies and athletics. Sometime between five and six o'clock the boys trudge up the hill for a few moments of relaxation before 6:15 dinner. Although the evening meal is usually more or less a surprise, dinner on Wednes- day means chicken in some form with ice cream for dessert. Thanks- giving and Christmas time bring a turkey dinner with all the trimmings to help create holiday atmosphere. From 6:45 until 7:45, the boarder's time is his own. Reading the newspapers, playing ping-pong or pool, and exchanging cuts and butts in the common room, the inevitableline-up in front of the telephone booth in the hall-then the warning buzzer at 7:40 re- minds the boarder that life is not all play. The common room emp- ties, the line at the telephone dissolves. Those who failed to get their latest heart-throb shuffle sadly back to their rooms while those who have succeeded find something to dream about during night study. At the 7:45 buzzer the boys begin the race to Hnish homework so that at 9:45 they may ask for late permission and get in on the after-lights bull sessions. On occasion house meetings or feeds with barbecues and sandwiches and ice cream serve to break the routine. Finally-T.G.I.F.! A new atmosphere pervades the campus. Boys dream about the coming late hours, girls, and parties. Either Dr. Harris Hlls the chapel with Gershwin or Berlin, or the student body deafens itself with cheers for the athletic teams. LIFE mag- azine, having arrived in the morning mail, students can take a quick look before the family cars drive up to transport them down the brick driveway-and home. Boarding at Shady Side, as the following pictures will recall, is an experience in life which some students at the time do not relish, but which all later look back upon with longing. The formation of lasting friendships, preparation for college, more active participa- tion in the extra-curricular life of the school-these are but a few of the values which the boarder absorbs, often unconsciously. ll '4 1 I it 3 kiln La ...,.,., . T C ,X ll, :D . .5 if em --1-T , 7' .395 fg . . Iglf. 95.45. X 'on'-H -'-'-': S Cx . 'l,' --4 ss: