Word: corridors
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...finally we arrived at the College, a fine brick building, imposingly placed on the summit of a steep hill which rises directly from the lake. Entering, we passed through the long hall, and were shown to our dressing room from which we went to the reception, held in the corridor on the second floor. The corridors were filled with members of the Faculty, juniors, and their guests. We first drank tea with the kind friend who invited us, and we were then taken through the upper part of the building. We passed up the stairs, through the halls. Elegant pictures...
...questions of the fair ones. "Do you have rooms like this at Harvard?" "Oh, yes," we reply, as we gaze aghast at the oil paintings, damask curtains, satin upholstery, and statuary that surround us. Here a suppressed sneer is heard and we at once move out into the corridor. We go to the library, a wilderness of black walnut shelves, glass doors, carved tables, Ouida's novels, and long haired grinds. We snub the library, but maintain silence when we are informed that "you can get in, even after four o'clock." Another corridor, a door; we enter...
Well, the election was held. As had been anticipated, the Republicans polled a vote which gave the Plumed Champion a magnificent majority. But though the Democracy was defeated, it still "claimed everything." Charges were made that three colored chambermaids had been colonized near the polls in the east corridor, and that they had voted as a unit for the Republicans. A Democratic deputy-inspectress, while attempting to arrest a repeatoress, was in turn arrested by a Republican marshallette. Turbulent scenes were for a time in prospect, but the arrival of the supper hour happily averted the threatened collision...
...semi-circular reading-room. This room is admirably lighted by a continuous row of twenty-two windows near the ceiling. The reading desks are ranged in semi-circular lines and afford accommodations for 212 readers. The reading-room is separated from the book-room by the main corridor and delivery desk, while on either side are the rooms for cataloguing and administration. The book-room is constructed on what is know as the Harvard plan, and, besides ample provisions for enlargement, affords present accommodations for 108,000 volumes. In the second story are fitted up four rooms...
There is not much formality about the social life at Vassar, as all the students live in one building. There is always considerable fun and enjoyment in the senior class, as a certain corridor is their exclusive property. They have a class parlor, also sacred to seniors, which is used as a room for both business and social meetings and is finely furnished. Outside of the senior class, the pleasantest life is the parlor life of the students. A few girls room alone, but a great majority have parlors, - five girls constituting a "family," each with her own room...