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COLLEGE CLUB IMPROVEMENTS

December, 1912
Article
COLLEGE CLUB IMPROVEMENTS
December, 1912

With the organization of the College Club Executive Committee, has come an endeavor to make College Hall an attractive, social center for the students. The Commons living room, and the recently vacated trophy room offer excellent opportunity for social mixing. During the summer, repairs were made in both rooms, and furniture added here and there. The old trophy room has been turned into a magazine and reading room. A large table has been placed in the center opposite the fireplace. Around the room, small tables have been arranged, for writing or other uses. By this arrangement the living room is left free for purely social gatherings. During the winter log fires will be kept burning in both the large fireplaces. Th greatest innovation is the introduction of music during the dinner hour at the Commons. Three nights in the week a five-piece orchestra plays from 5.30 to 6.30. As a result, the attendance in the Commons dining room on music nights is noticeably increased.

So far, the desired result of making the Commons a meeting place for all types in College seems to have met with a considerable amount of success. There is an atmosphere of cheerfulness about a roaring fire, the sound of music, and the hum of conversation which cannot fail to attract. Here everyone can meet on terms of good fellowship. Here the varied ideas of all can be exchanged. Here freshmen as well as upthe advantages offered. College Hall, for the man who wishes it, can be made a center where he can become acquainted with every possible variety of college man. The possibilities of the club, as the one social unit common to all alike, are great.