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...entirely completed: though it is conveniently near the Yard, its surroundings are noisy and comparatively unattractive. Only one of its dormitories is modern, and the rooms incline to be dingy. Long, long before its six neighbors put in their mushroom-like appearance Adams House was there. Colonial Apthorp sheltered General Putnam; the captured Burgoyne lived in it when it were only a few of the forty coats of paint which the interior decorators removed in 1930. Westmorly Court and Randolph Hall rose when thick walls and Germanic gloom were the order of the day in architecture. To these has been...
...been modernized, and is available throughout the College year. Weekly "long table" dinners on Thursdays provide a steady stream of speakers, who have been appreciated. In contrast to the practice at certain less enterprising Houses, the Associates, a goodly list, are invited and attend. Sunday evenings a renovated Apthorp House, lined with every known book on American diplomacy, becomes the center for informal discussions of international relations. The library, a good average House library of six-thousand volumes, is especially well stocked in the fields of History and International Relations. As its booklet hints, Adams House residents are given free...
Professor Baxter, B. C. Hopper '17, lecturer on international relations, and other members of the House staff and the Faculty will guide groups, meeting in Apthorp House on Sunday evenings or at other convenient times to discuss international relations and allied topics. Professor C. H. Taylor '97, assistant professor of History will meet students interested in the History of the World War; Major Thomas H. Thomas, a military historian, will aid in conducting this discussion group. Undergraduates interested in any other subjects will be provided with places of meeting for discussions...
Following the dinner President Lowell was called upon for an impromptu talk. The guests then visited Apthorp House, and the new common rooms and library...
...APTHORP HOUSE Whole House A. W. Baldwin...