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There she tries to disguise her actual occupation by using a whimsical form of nomenclature to designate these underground study retreats. Most of the dorms call them "game rooms," and legend has it that one Barnard Hall freshman arrived, chess set in hand, because she had heard that the dorm had a "game room...
Even getting telephone calls at Radcliffe, as most Harvard men know, is not an entirely personal matter. The Cliffite receives calls through the dorm bell system, an elaborate array of buzzers, wires, and little colored lights, which operate daily from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. and slightly later on Sundays and holidays. After hours, the bell desk turns into a pumpkin, and the Radcliffe Cinderella, unless she has a private phone, is virtually cut off from the outside world...
Life in the dorms is not all work and no play, however. Each girl pays compulsory dorm dues, and can get her money's worth by attending the hall's social functions. These include the famed twice-yearly Jolly-Ups, Sunday afternoon tea hours, and weekly open-house nights, when the dorm stays open until midnight in stead of the usual 10 p.m. After dinner sociability takes the form of demi-tasse in the living room, with the head resident pouring coffee into miniscule cups...
...college last year received an anonymous gift of $480,000 for an undergraduate residence building. In lieu of adequate funds, no definite plans have been made for constructing the new dorm, which will be located behind Moors Hall...
...resident tutor system proves successful in one dorm, we may try to incorporate residence quarters for tutors in the present brick dormitories," Jordan said...