The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 28, 1900, Page 3

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tadle. In the other windowed niche the room, “and choose you ANT resents an unusual cos- er was met with i e fe of No one dres i lady of the pen ensconced herself on a sighsa ; eniffed the § cushioned dress box and while she so K 1se of fixing strummed her guitar, told me something . = i T A of the girls’ organizations. “This t tanford malds who think t ? I muslcal place, still we have twe t he ideal way to fl g clubs. The Stanford Glee e o * . though it does v , gives nt programme sometim dolin Club quite of Men's at conce chance to advertise ‘thirt stage at once,’ etc. The Y not so active as the Y. weekly prayer me joint meeting with t in the chapel ncom! thing ¢ some opportu several teas giv intercollieglate debatng Ond of our number, Miss Btebbins & sutcessful intercollegiate debater on th was a tic freshie going arm in arm the most altitudinous senlor! Verily, ford his set Xappa Kappa G style, is very n others will scon follow. oned, she managed to enfoy ths rest of’ the call. It was not till the next day that she learned the ultimate fate of her visl- tors, On their descent to the lower hall it &t once became enveloped in a Stygian darkness. Stumbling over tables and chairs they found the front door—locked, and eventually took an ignominous de- parture through the hall window to a chorus of giggles from above. ‘“Rubber neck,” did you say? To what base uses we may return, Ho- o! Madrona Hall, across the quad from Roble, was intended for the bachelor “profs,” and lo, it houses only college malids. who board near by, or at the Stan- ford Inn, a neat dining room, the walls hung with framed bits of good advice. There are a few boarding places on the campus and several at Palo Alto. Two or three girls make their way by renting houses and subletting apartments to stu- dents for light housekeeping. I visited one of these rooms. It was up under the slop- ing attic room. Across the window was a narrow couch and crowded close to it down the side wall were a table and a stand with a little ol stove. In front of against the wall opposite the indow, was a small bookcase and next he door. The space left free literally < ROOM AT h‘ “DELTA TAMMA HALL" [ ZSLTA SV VL, AraTomeN INASO S me———— OPERATIVE JUST LIKE HOME SOTTASE) ¢t be great ferred to the Alto and on the ¢ two or three other: tage” s typlcal. W rented for themselve the “Morrison a pretty house the girls divide . ‘ v b [ . % p = HE QUADRANSLE “\ was not large enough for turning around. the occupant who studies, slee ks and eats here seems very contente fine scholar, p as the c on the wall bore witness. are a number of these attic rooms campus and some of their owners I was told get through on nine or ten dol- A WORK TIME From here we went to the girl editor's ed the direction over the . and * two long rings and a short” brought my hostess. W paused to peek into the room next hers. Its he tidings of the walls hung with m: ng and cones and housework to make their way. h gn e it an air of the mountains. The on the editor's door earnest owner earns her board one place terday was my bu and her rent another. Many and va. Worse.” But she lau ned the ried are the ways in which women dig Into the quaintest de » g out their col'ege money. The postmistress ney ran through its c too lazy to er her ms n, joimed jg 5 Stanfordite. Coaching nets a falr vide and subdivide it the rest on the upper landing. There Was gum Some women teach a vear and then at pieasure. The freshman chum’s couch a craning over the banisters for a glimpse go to college a vear. Brother and sister and desk were screened off, over in cne Miss D. Miss C. Miss H et 1dols, who unconsclous of this flat- win aiternate at teaching and studying corner. In one of the two deep recesqes Miss C. Miss D. Miss H. erin ttention 2 m-“mz ® any by the year to give each a chance at a with high windows poking out on the Ang so on through eal an’ ;:22?,"”3,' et wrth el?u: ;:v'ma?rm"'d upiversity training. There are a number campus was the cullnary department and sh!rkd when 1t's dn;wntz‘r: ;ar]:{ a:guwr:" : w‘-"dfi;w‘;’; ey el e\,p;f‘;)y;i‘_;;‘:z be- of instances of husband and wife taking close by a door led into a “love of a pan- you know. There's a deal of pleas 080 100 Hohind. the ‘stile énliurel har Goet Snp grc-m:": turhs Mh“'u“"y W%‘]‘lflfl' and college try,” under the sloping roof. Here was yre and hominess to be got out of this many lost oppo was time to dress From room to room and floor to floor = 1 N e work in this way, 'tnl ng !}'xe two to get the dining corner and here the editorfal kind of life. -It's so nice to have vour Ing hand oor Roble agony. At length, the sicge aband- degrees in eight years. Several girls do sanctuary and the “hatrack,” a small own pretty parlor and cheery dining- CONSTANCE V. LAWRENCE. But - the they rushed to s ywed f these kr 1em, and bette tself er for the by the following p is and pushed me I'd seen. A chim- er, so that with ed girls rushed in to anr heroes were belo teilow ook back with regret on 4 the help-

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