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Show MISS LUCY M. VAN COTT Dean of WomencI\xe Dean of Women/°yNE OF the outstanding needs of our stu-^r dents is dormitories. Columbia University has spent seven million dollars for these buildings. The president of that institution said that students who do not enjoy dormitory privileges lose fifty per cent of their college education.Dormitory life means better scholarship, as well as better health. It furnishes a place for crystallizing school spirit and school loyalty. Its environment is conductive to higher ideals of citizenship, culture, and right liv- ff ing. It brings about a democracy of spirit ll among the rich and the poor students, It which cannot be obtained in any other way. \VIt furnishes a home for the poor students, where they may secure privileges and advantages for less money than can be obtained in any other way. Students who must work for their board and lodging may obtain employment here. It furnishes a home where the wealthy men and women of the state would like their children trained. To date many of our wealthy people are sending their children elsewhere, and we are not gaining the interest in gifts, moneys, etc., that we otherwise s\ should have.A\ Dormitories will be used day and night> J for eleven months in the year. They will y be self-supporting.Lucy M. Van CottPage 29 |