University of Massachusetts Amherst - Index Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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COOnUIRCLE County Circle, fondly known by all who live there as the low-rent district, is made up of five cinder block dorms — Middlesex, Ply- mouth, Berkshire, Hampshire, and Suffolk. Married students and their spouses live in hiampshire and Suffolk, while the upperclass- men inhabit the other three. Lines of people going to Middlesex on Monday morning (or any other day) might deem it the most popular of the group, but the members of the other four dorms will contend that it is merely because twelve Bendix washers ore located there. These dorms entered all intra-mural athletic competition on campus. Each one elected four officers who led the planning of the soci al events of the dorm. Married students and their spouses live in Hamp- shire and Suffolij ... the children of the married men could be seen scampering around . . . This was dormitory — more than just a place where one could fall into bed after a day ' s activity.

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There comes a time in every young man ' s life when . . . CHyBOURME HALL This year Chadbourne Hall was completely taken over by the freshmen boys. Whereas in former years it had housed a mixture of fresh- men and upperciassmen, including veterans, this year it was one of the three dormitories housing solely freshmen boys. The bridge and poker sieges took hold of Chadbourne as they eventually do all dorms, but these were not the only activities to which the Chadbourne boys laid claim. What with their dances, bull sessions, and, of course, study hours, they really managed to keep busy. Their senate representatives, hHayden Tibbets and Charles Bassett, brought the vote of Chadbourne into student life, and their house officers did a good job In the running of the dorm. Bridge and poker sieges took hold of Chadbourne as they eventually do, but these were not the only activities to which the Chadbourne boys laid claim.

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ERU CIRCLE Home to nearly ninety-five fonnilies is Federal Circle, better known as Maternity Row. In the small apartments of the long barraclcs- type cardboard buildings, reside the stu- dents who are also husbands and fathers, or wives and mothers. Just a few yards from typical campus scenes, was found washing flapping on clotheslines, children playing in +he narrow streets, and the smell of home cooking — a combination quite different from what college is supposed to be. Although Federal Circle is due to be torn down when the pressing need for married stu- dents ' quarters has passed, it will always be the college locale that many of the alumni will remember most vividly. In the small apartments of the long borracls-type buildings, reside the students who are also husbands and fathers, or Just a few yards from typical campus scenes, was found wash- ing flapping on clotheslines . . - the smell of home-coolting . . .