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This loyalty to a course sometimes tends to make it as much of a home to the student as his dorm. The Planning Department, for example, has painted full-sized figures on the walls to brighten up its drawing room, and the Architecture Department even kept a pet man-eating fish until the S.P.C.A. removed it. Occasionally one finds groceries or a radio on the desks indicating that the classroom is more than a place of study...

Author: By Philip M. Boffey, | Title: Tech Student Can Pull Pranks Or Study Hard With Equanimity | 3/2/1956 | See Source »

...newly-rented dorm is Greycroft House, located at 1590 Massachusetts Ave. Dean Lacey said she was not sure how many students Greycroft will hold. Approximately 15 to 30 are housed in each of the other off-campus houses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe to Raise Room Rent in 1957; New Off-Campus Dorm Space Acquired | 2/14/1956 | See Source »

...girl will probably play bridge in the dormitory smoker until 10, speculating with her friends as to whether the gentleman in question has two heads (Radcliffe is pessimistic, generally). Leaving with a parting word as "see you in an hour," she will whisk her blind date out of the dorm, taking him to some obscure restaurant like the Midget...

Author: By Andrew W. Bingham and Patricia J. Maslon, S | Title: One-Sided Geniuses or Glorified Girl Scouts? | 11/5/1955 | See Source »

...managers also chose the following dorm supervisors: Thomas Teal, of Wigglesworth West, in charge of the South Yard; David Sheels, of Thayer South, the West Yard; Gordon Schoen, of Bollis, the North Yard; and Richard Williams, of Grays, the East Yard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yard Managers Choose Council | 10/20/1955 | See Source »

...turned out that their experiment, though born out of innocent curiosity, violated a college ruling against publicizing the Wellesley name without official sanction. And in addition, the "Syndicate" members suddenly became rather unpopular with their dorm-mates, who found it hard to get used to the 3 a.m. telephone calls...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wellesley Girls Out of Business; Rule Infraction Stops Interviews | 1/20/1955 | See Source »

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