Word: unites
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...historical interest that the House was named after two of New England's leaders, one the first colonial governor of Massachusetts; the other, his descendant, the second Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. Gore and Standish Halls which make up this unit, enjoy a very favorable location on the Charles River...
...room for small gatherings and social meetings. If has proved especially suitable for House Society meetings, such as those held by the History, Politics, and Economic Societies. The musicals are usually held in this room. As it well should be, the library has proved itself the most important unit of the House. Because of the accessibility of its large collection of books, the unusually comfortable furnishings, and a peaceful atmosphere, this beautiful library has been much used. Nearly all the books needed as texts and for tutorial reading, as well as certain current periodicals of special interest to students...
...undergraduates form a nearly autonomous unit within the House. Through the House Committee, which they elect, the various social functions and athletics are directed. This Committee consists of seven members...
Eliot House, partly because of its size, is the most intellectually and socially diversified unit in the House plan, containing every sort of intellectual, Lampoon editors, football and other athletes, social climbers, political instigators, loud talkers, do-nothings, and all the other common disadvantages or attractions of every House. Yet the elephant will continue on its independent, placid way, self-sufficient, but justly contented...
Perhaps a little less obvious is the failure to include a description of the prevailing intellectual atmosphere of the unit. Not entirely by accident, Lowell House has become largely a center for serious scholastic endeavor. There is an air of profundity hovering over the lamb and mint sauce, an air of correctness about the entertainments. One finds it difficult to fancy the prim and stainless chandeliers of that sunny dining room jangling to the raucous laughter of a "Shoemaker's Holiday." Men of Lowell find their pleasure in musicales and staid comedies...