The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-29
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other between-time things to eat.
And now for a new fashioned room
or two, in a modern, up to date dormi-
tory. A single room. with northeast
exposure, has it's walls, for five and
one-half feet from the floor, finished
in dark red burlap, the four feet above
being papered with an effective poppy
design. A plate rail marks the divid-
ing line. and in this room all the pic
lures are hung from the rail, instead of
from the molding above, with an oc-
casional bit of pottery, or a picture,
set on the rail. The effect is extreme
ly decorative, and the straight-around-
thereon line gives a quaint touch, as
of a Dutch interior. The floor, in dark
wood finish. has several small red and
green rugs; the window shades are
ture is in the mission style, with
Flemish oak finish-book case, desk,
mirror, table, chiffonler and chairs
all deliberately plain in design and COL
or. An alcove window is utilized for
the couch bed, by day a broad window
rest n dream upon In the other
whiles of study.
Decoration of Walls.
Another room. On the south side of
the same new dormitory, has dark
green burlap upon the walls, with q
charming pink and green paper border
above the plate rail. Here photographs
untold appear-the students are fresh
men. and have evidently brought the
likeness Of all their preparatory school
friends. Here, too, hang college flags
Yale, Cornell, Harvard, as well as that
of alma mater, new distinction. 1t is
a double room, with one mantel bed
n n couch bed. A beWitching bow
window, with diamOnd-paned glass and
a deep cushioned window seat, gives
the escape valve Of comfort which the
student heart demands. The furniture
here, as throughout the house, is In
mission style, with the soft Flemish
finish. ~Surmounting the book case are
a chafing dish and sundry boxes-sure
marks of the freshman. But the use Of
chatting dish and alcohol lamp is made
a matter Of permission now, in most
colleges-a permission given only for
definite days and hours.
There is an earnest effort afoot, in
prominent Women's colleges, which will
possibly develop into concerted action.
pto do away with the use of chatting
dish, alcohol lamps and individual
cooking apparatus in general. 1t would
result in many a saving-and in q less
ened rate Of insurance, among other
items. In one modern dormitory for
women, small rooms--one for each Of
a given series of students rooms-are
provided with neat ana 1Sht X
apparatus, especially for the on
venience Of students who feel that they
must have occasional toothsome dam
ties. Perhaps they will not want to
much Of his unsubstantial fare when
the sober possibilities for it are ready at
hand. The simplifcation which leads to
plain living is often a direct avenue to
high thinking.
So, alike in furnishings as in food,
there Is evident a more purposeful fol-
lowing after ideals, and this effort, like
the old-time leaven, is steadily making
for simplicity and beauty. AS to the
leaders who are setting the standards,
the sapient adage may be quoted:
Who creates an ideal creates a potent
spirit which in tur doth fashion him
that Fashioned"