Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-02
CONNECTICUT COLLEGE NEWS.
Pianos Latest Additions to Reception Rooms in Winthrop and Plant Houses-5eIsian Relief Fund Still Growing-GIee Club is Planning Concert.

nooms Tn Winthrop and Plant
 Houses-BeIgian Relief Fund Still
 Grewins-oIee Club is Planning
 Concert.
 Students who reside at Winthrop
 House. the new dorrnitory at the col
 lege, have rented a piano for the year This piano has been placed in the re- lcep.ion room, and adds to the coziness Of real college reception room In the evening after dinner. the girls gather in this reception room and make merry with singing and dancing As 1 the corridors of this building are of
 hard wood and have been thoroughly | waxed, they make an excellent dancing floor and the college girls avail them l selves Of the opportunity to have a
 good time A glimpse into the recep- | ton room any evening would disclose a pleasing sight, seated on the comfort able divans and chairs some of the girls are playing mandolins and other
 instruments, while other girls are danc- | ing. The students voted to secure the
 piano on the tax system, and none of
 the girls have regretted the tax fmpos-
 ed since the installation of the piano. | Radiators Arrive For Field House. The steam radiators to be installed | in the new field house arrived Thurs day Work on the house is progress l ing and on account of the very open winter, workmen are not encountering the usual difficulties experienced when putting up buildings during the winter season.
 la Plant House Has Piano, Too. Not to be outdone by their college mates in Winthrop. the, residents of Plant House have also had piano in- stalled in the reception room Miss Carolo Ernst, fellow of Plant House arranged the natter of obtaining a piano and now the girls in Plant House as well IS the girls in Winthrop, enjoy cozy and homelike reception room On Wednesday evening the residents of Plant House worked off the effects of examinations by dancing and singing round the hreside. The reception room Of Plant is now complete. and nothing could be added to add to the attrac- tiveness of the house.
 Hurrah! Exams Are Over.
 Wednesday evening was an event. ful one i'll the eyes of all college stu dents. and especially in the eyes of the freshmen.
 Exams were thing of the past and everyone seemed to realize the fact Parties, of all sorts, were the events of the evening. Tn Winthrop many of the girls gave feeds in honor of the termination of Mid Year feeds which had been under cover for a week. One party of girls went roller skating, an other went to the Movies.
 In Plant House, there were also par ties. One of the girls ara nged a sur prise party Miss Betty Rurnney of Naugatuck, in honor of Miss Rum neys birthday. The affair was a great surprise and every one had an enjoy able time. The room was gayIy dec orated with banners and flowers and i the Eats" were voted to be the best | ever.
 As quiet hours were dispensed with i in honor of the occasion of Mid years over the girls sang and sung until the | whole house just simply echoed. |
 Entertained at Candy PuIt
 Wednesday afternoon Miss Dorothy Peck of New Haven, and Miss Edith | Harris of New Milford, entertained at l a candy pull from 3 to G. A silver col i lection was taken up at the pull and | the receipts of the affair are to be add ed to the rapidly growing Belgian Re- i nef fund 1t is hard to tell just what l the next development of the fund will order, and soon as the girls recover from mid-years, the true social life of the college will commence again. +
 May Restore Fire Drills.
 | New patent fire extinguishers have been installed in the Science building of the dormitories- It has in the past been the custom of the residents of the dormitories to have, at short inter- vals. fire drills, usually held in the omitted of late much to the regret of many who have seen the advisability l of such practice in fire drills. It has been rumored, however. that steps are within a short time, as the obiections of the practice were made by an em- oloye of the college. The matter will 10 doubt be put to a vote at student meetings for an opinion on the matter ,f having fire drills
 Brief Nstvsy Notes.
 There is to be a meeting of the res dents of Plant House on Friday even ng, to decide on plans for an enter alnment to be given the other college louse.
 Students who will go to Hartford on diss Ellen Carroll of East Hartford Hiss Loretta Higgins of Norwich, and Hiss Esther Bachelder of Rocky Hill, ,onn.
 Tryouts of members of Der De,tscbe 'erein, who wish to take part in the b ierman play to be presented by the t, Tub, are to be held on Friday after u oon. lh Glasses in elementerv short hand. Ic, aught by L. M.. Crandall of Norwich, h ommenced Thursday, the first day of ln le second semester lit The enrolment in this class is quite lss iking advantage of the opportunity IA ) learn shorthand. ID, At a meeting of tine Girls Gfee club tr cid Wednesday. afternoon. Dr. Coerne, hi snnfte plans for the Glee Club concert h; htch is to be held in Thames Hall on thi thursday evening, February 8. The ub voted on Doctor. Coerne's sug- Iv sstion to have the soloists members
 the Glee club. Miss Grace Coclxings, Bristol, is to give a piano solo. and iss Ida Counor is New London an ~ ivanced pupil of Mir Weld. is to be e solofst. Miss Connor is contral- ist The soioist's numbers have not # been announced. tp,
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