Wyo . The M en s lOmmons ^J s ® /a\ t tqi >|^TARTED in the year 1908 under the direction of the University, the Commons has been a rendezvous for the various students each year—aplace not merely where one could secure three square meals everyday, but where one could meet with his fellow-students and engage inconversation, or perhaps gather around the piano and sing such songsas The Cannibal King, I Went to the Animal Fair, SolomonLevi, and the other innumerable selections that gladden a lonesomeheart. For such is the purpose of the Commons, to provide sustenance not only to theyouth famishe


Wyo . The M en s lOmmons ^J s ® /a\ t tqi >|^TARTED in the year 1908 under the direction of the University, the Commons has been a rendezvous for the various students each year—aplace not merely where one could secure three square meals everyday, but where one could meet with his fellow-students and engage inconversation, or perhaps gather around the piano and sing such songsas The Cannibal King, I Went to the Animal Fair, SolomonLevi, and the other innumerable selections that gladden a lonesomeheart. For such is the purpose of the Commons, to provide sustenance not only to theyouth famished with hunger, but also to the youth smitten with that peculiar diseasecalled homesickness, which attacks every Freshman at one time or another; to dispelthe Blues which occur with irregular frequency, particularly upon Monday. That the Commons has been a success in this endeavor is evidenced by the rotundityof many of its members and the happy, cheery smiles with which a visitor is greeted uponhis


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