. Argo . ts present uncomfortableand crowded condition. Erection of the Ladies Hall in 1886 was another important addition. Be-fore this date, the number of girls attending college was very small, and thevhad been forced to obtain lodging at private houses in the village. After theHall was built, the number rapidly increased until now, even its capacity issometimes taxed. W ith the advent of the Conservatory of Music, came a greatadvance in the study of this Art as well as that of Painting. Westminsters growth, though gradual, has been steady and assuredly forthe better, though there are those
. Argo . ts present uncomfortableand crowded condition. Erection of the Ladies Hall in 1886 was another important addition. Be-fore this date, the number of girls attending college was very small, and thevhad been forced to obtain lodging at private houses in the village. After theHall was built, the number rapidly increased until now, even its capacity issometimes taxed. W ith the advent of the Conservatory of Music, came a greatadvance in the study of this Art as well as that of Painting. Westminsters growth, though gradual, has been steady and assuredly forthe better, though there are those who still blindly chant the praises of thegood old times of their fathers. But any one studying the history of the col-lege cannot fail to see that her new times are better than the old. May sheever, choosing wisely from the things of the past, take the best from them andadd thereto the best of the present, thus widening and broadening her influenceuntil it is felt to the ends of the earth. M. E. S., A Hymn of the Hall It was main and many a vear ago, ()n a high and sunn) hill,That a mansion was built, winch you may know. For it stands there firmly this mansion the legends and stories and songs Full many a volume would rill. Its inmates! We sigh for a Shakespeares sweet tongue, ( )r a Xestors honeyed phrase,Or a voice to sing- as Homer has sung In beautiful Helens praise;But after all theyre only maids. Just maids in words and ways. The maidens are ruled by the tap of the hell Both morning, noon, and night;When dawns approach the hells tones tell, They rise from slumber would they, did the gong not sound. Feel hungers pangs? — Oh well! When the night has drawn her curtains down And lights have blinked — at studious girl, without a frown. Lays down her book or pen :The bells tap calls to sweet repose; If heeded not—what then? In one dark nook a candle glows; A maid is making fudge,A knock — alas, that knock she knows! The maids afraid to
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