The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-01
PRTNCBFONS SFUDENT HOMES,
ROYsTHB DOHAEETORY PROBLEM
rs BEING NET THERE.

mere Than Tnree-E0uYthS u the Under
lEraSuates Live m College BurdInEr
Constant Additions to Their Number
-Commoaa fer FFeahmen q New Thing.
PRuEcBToK, n. j., March 7e.-Ihe con
ditiou@ Of: dormitory life in the college,
have. been much discussed OF late, THH
SuN recpfH described the problem as
Il exists. at Yah. At Princeton conditions
are different and here the dormitories
accommodate u per cent. Of the students
Figures obtained directly from the curator
OF the university show that Of the l ,3o0
students ], 900 room IN the dormitoriee on
the campus, while 800, mostly freshmen,
have a arters in the town.
q At YALE. IT, is said, the current tends
! to move away from the dormitories to-
yard rooms=off the campus. AT Princeton
rooms in the dormitoriee are in every re-
spect the most desirable and the most
! sought FOR. .. Only those who are unable
to secure c mpus accommodations take
lodgings in town. At the end of the fresh
man year % per cent. of those who have
been compelled to room in own move toths
campus, to stay there for the remainder
Of their course.
Three years ago extensive improve
ments we're made in the dormitories where
by their comfort and con venience was
greatly enhanced. Electric light ard steam
heat were installed for halls and passage
ways and for all rooms. The electricity
Is generated by the university's own plant
with a large dynamo in the basement Of
the new gymnasium supplyirg all the build
inRs on the campus. Each dormitory
entry now has also it's shower baths and
lAyatoEy.
since 1897 there has not been a day ~nsn
workmen nave not been busy on some Lew
campus building, and a large proportion
Of the new buildings are doimitores.
Those in Use previous to the year men.
toned, with the dates Of their erection,
were: West College, 1896; Reunion Hall,
so named because it commentaries the
reunion Of the old and new schools of The
Presbyterian Church, 1870; Witherspton
Hall, named after John Witherspoon, presi-
dent OF the college during the Revolution,
1877; Edwards Hall, the stron ghold of fresh.
men on the campus, 1880; Albert B Dod
Hall, 1890, David Brown Hall, 1891; Blair
Hall. given by John !. B'air at the time
Of Princeton's sesquioentennial celebration,
1891; Sta ford Little Hall 1899.
An addition TO Little Hall was built in
1902. University Hall, which is used as a
dormitory. was originally a hotel. Upp&
Pyne. and Lower Pyne are dormitories
just across from the campus. on Nassau
street. In addition to these, seventy-nine
Hail is now in occupation, This Is a splendid
dormitory given by the classmates Of
President Woodrow Wilson at the time 81
his Inauguration in 1902, and was opened
last year. ...,.
Another dormitory. spoken of as the
Ten Glass dormitory. is almost completed.
It's official title is Patton Hall, and it was
given by the ten oldest Glasses in college
during President Patton's administration
1t will accommodate about 100 men. An
addition to Blair Hall, to be begun this
summer will give accommodation for
an additional thirty-two men.
Another Of Princeton's problems has been
that of feeding the students. In colleges
where fraternities and secret societies
are allowed. students eat and room in the
"frat" houses. The nearest approach to
fraternity life in Princeton is in the upper
class clubs, but the men are not allowed
! to room in club houses. They do, however,
take their meals there.
This provides for a part of the two upper
classes; the others get their table board
with eating clubs, as do the members Of
the freshman and sophomore classes, The
sophomore clubs are organized, passing
from class to class.
Hitherto first year students nave ex-
perienced considerable difficulty in getting
satisfactory table board. They have beer
at the mercy OF ~housekeeEers who have
in return for high board prices given them
miserable food. The town being small and
isolated II was 'impossiblefor the freshmen
to escape. All this, however. is now being
changed. Attempts have been made in
past years to establish university
but until this year they all failed. This
year a freshman dining hall ia being con-
Quoted in University Hall and is proving A
marked success. More than 200 members
of the class OF 1909 avail themselves Of
it's advantages.
Each freshman club has it's own dining
room and a club room for smoking and
lounging. The service is excellent, and
supplies, being purchased on a large scale,
are far cheaper than was the case in the
scattered system of the old days. For
prices slightly lower than they nave here
tofore had to pay the freshmen now get
vastly better food and better service.
The dining hall is now on a business
basis and is paying well, 80 that next year
it will be enlarged to board the entire
freshman class at still lower rates than
nave been possible this year.