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Each 'Cliffe dorm will try to present a singable, lasting song for the Red Book, as well as something for general entertainment. The girls will accompany the songs with skits...
Despite all trends toward femininity, the men's shirt still seems to be holding its own. Tops for room and dorm casual wear, shirts of all colors, with emphasis on pink and blue, hide the curves almost as often as ever. Yet even along this line, the 'Cliffedweller is moving toward more neatness. Shirt tails are always tucked in and attractive color combinations are used to advantage...
...argument that "nobody knows what you're doing in Holmes" is common among those who like it. Harvard men often boast of the advantages of not knowing the men who live across the hall. In any Radcliffe dorm that it obviously impossible, but Holmes, because of its largeness and mixture of freshmen and transfers, still offers a cordial privacy...
...basement is the real center of the dorm. Holmes was planned with the idea of providing music concentrators with a place to work. When the news went around last year, nearly all the concentrators applied for a transfer to the new building, or at least to the basement. There the administration has collected a music library, a record library with all the required music course listening, six practice rooms, and two large listening booths. A pair of grands are kept upstairs, one in the living room and one in the "artist's room," where, according to the housemother, nervous soloists...
Holmes' connection with nearby Moors Hall is twofold; it applies to both food and dating. The kitchen at Moors serves both dorms, although one girl said thoughtfully that the food was a good deal better at Holmes than at Moors. Also the architects who designed Holmes made the mistake of planning narrow front steps. At a recent dorm meeting the girls were asked to keep the passage-way to the door clear when saying their goodnights, and if any prolonged adieus were in order to please step around the corner to Moors, where the steps are considerably wider and there...