Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-02-14
Gangs Hard at Work
On Colby Quarters

| Colby students who were recently
ousted by the fire which Quilted South
college will soon be back in their old
quarters again. For two weeks now
gangs of men have been working
steadily, repairing in few places but
in general making complete change
. on the Alpha Tau Omega side. The
south side where the members of the
Zeta Psi fraternity live will simply
be repaired as the only damage done
| was by water, and paper and plaster
, will fix things up again.
| In the A. T. q. section the corridors
have been changed 90 that they run
north and south which means that
there will be six more study rooms,
two on each floor. On the first floor
the old fashioned pillars will be re-
moved and partition torn out so
that the reception room will be a
third larger and unhampered by the
nov frequent supports. The stairways
have been turned about SO as to con-
form with the direction of the CORR
doris. giving more space as the stair
way formerly went up from near the
center of the reception room. The
! bathroom which will be on the first
floor will be completely remodelied
and enlarged. On the second and
third floors the study looms will be
completely refinished. The lighting
light covered by half round shade
fastened in place by brass collar
Each room will have push socket
| near the door. For the desk lights
there will be chances to plug in on
! the Dashboard. The SIX new rooms
will be built between the rooms that
are already there. This is made
possible owing to the fact that each
room has always had a huge closet
appended of about half the size of the
room itself. The pa: titions are being
torn out and new windows cut in the
| outside brick wall. Every room will
receive new lathes and plaster owing
to the fact that the fire and water
removed every vestige of said ma
terial and piled it on the floors.
The fourth floor will be divided
into two big rooms. The room on the
cast side will be used as sleeping
quarters, or as the "rIm-pasture' to
use the term familiar on the Colby
campus. This room has just received
a new coat Of plaster and the floor
will be renovated. Double-deck beds
will be used instead CT the single cots
in order to have sleeping accommo-
dations that are equal to the study
rooms. Sleep will be much more
peaceful in the A. T. O. house in the
future because these beds will not
offer the temptation for dumping to
the night-owl who is inclined to be
playful. 1t is expected that they will
have some difficulty to secure a
matron who will Undertake the task
of making beds on step-ladder.
The room on the opposite side
from the ram pasture" will still be
used as fraternity hall. A new floor
will be laid here and the walls newly
refinished. An elaborate lighting sys-.
tenn will be installed with indirect
lights throughout. This is the larg-
est fraternity hall at Colby. The fire
wall has been extended clear to the
roof so that if fire breaks out again
there will not be much chance of it's
getting through to the other side of
the building The chapel bell that
has been silent for over two weeks
will soon peal forth again. The
belfry was completely demolished but
new one has already taken shape.
When the remodelling is finished
there will be accommodations for 3G
men. One room on the second floor
will be reserved as a guest room.
This is the only room in the house
that has a fireplace, and was former
ly occupied by four boys.
Although the boys will be incon-
venienced temporarily it will be such
an improvement over their old quar-
tiers that it will be worth the trouble
caused by the fire. 1t is expected
that the house will he ready for oc-
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