Washington State University - Chinook Yearbook (Pullman, WA)

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MANY STORIES COULD BE TOLD ABOUT THE ADVENTURES OF LIVING IN THE FIRST DORMS ON CAMPUS. AMONG THEM, PERHAPS THE PANTY RAIDS OF THE 1950 ' S IS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS. GROUND FLOOR WINDOWS OF STEVENS HALL PROVIDED ENTRANCE TO MALE STUDENTS AS THEY STILL WOULD, BUT FOR SECURELY FASTENED AND PAINTED SCREENS THAT WERE AT LAST PROVIDED. IN 1895 THE BOY ' S DORMITORY, FERRY HALL, BURNED JUST BEFORE THANKS- GIVING. GKOWN HERE IS THE SCENE OF THE FIRE, WHICH PROVIDED ONE OF THOSE MYSTERIOUS OCCASIONS THAT ROUSE ANOTHER LIVING GROUP SPIRITS AGAIN. HAVING A SINGLE DORM FOR KiCH SEZ FOCUSED MOST ACTIVITIES TOWARD CO-EDUCATIONALISM--AN IDEA FOR HOUSING THAT HAS 2im IN THE PLANNING FOR MANY YEARS. 12

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this year, with the opening of the Stephenson complex, co-educational living became realized at the university, its activities, however, can extend over a much wider range than panty raids because of the combined lounge, study and eating facilities, but there are many more ways and places to make a home around campus, it may be a dormitory of hundreds, sorority or apartment for two or three, as it was in the first dorms, however, the idea is still the same, each person must live where they can remain in accord with others, themselves, and their attempts. 14