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

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GREEPUGH HULL With the large influx of freshmen this year Greenough, which is almost at the top of our little world, was used as a dorm for freshmen for the first time. There was the usual round of activities typical of life in a men ' s dorm: studying, football scrimmages and softboll gomes, card games and bull sessions, and a series of very successful dances at hlollowe ' en, Christmas, and other holidays. Since Greenough is fortunate enough to have cafeteria right in the dorm, there were also several successful cafeteria parties which are always good for enjoyment. On the whole, the freshmen living in Greenough showed much enthusiasm and originality in planning their activities. Since Greenough Is fortunate enough to h cafeteria, there were several successful partis Lines for books, lines for coffee, lines for registration, and food at the end of this line . . . There was the usual round of octivltl successful dances at holiday time.

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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 . . .

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UUn HOUSE Hamlin House will hear the echoes of male voices resounding through its corridors for the lost time in June. After almost two years, the dorm will be handed over to the girls for whom it was originally built. Hal Morkarian, house president, really made the dorm livable. Before he was in office a month he had the center opened and fur- nished for the fellows ' comfort. Previous to this time it hod been closed for lack of furnishings. Leo Kilcoyne and Wimpy Fairburn, social chairmen, supervised two popular dances, one in November and one in January. The various girls ' dorms on campus were well represented at both of these successful affairs.