Colgate University 1939 Yearbook (Hamilton, NY) - Full Access

Selections of classical music were played at. regular intervals from one of the best col– lections in the country whi<;h has recently been given to the college. The tutorial library is now located on the first floor and the second floor lounge contains a rapidly growing library . Publications and Masque and Triangle have rooms on the third floor in which they tran– sact business and hold their meetings. Off-campus groups have made use of the largest dining hall in this vicinity, for conventions, without interfering with student activity . One of the most popular social endeavors of the J. C. Union has been the frequent Saturday night dances held in conjunction with such colleges as Skidmore and Syracuse. Tuneful dance bands have been secured from nearby towns to supply the music, and fresh– men, neutrals, and fraternity men have joined together in a spirit. of fun and frolic. All the recreational facilities of the building have been open at these times so that couples may enjoy a game of ping-pong, or imbibe at the soda fountain. As deferred rushing is the rule, freshmen have not been able to pledge fraternities until after spring vacation . They would consequently be unable to participate in houseparties were it. not for the J. C. Uunion which has made it. possible forthegreen-lidders to have their own party apart. from the fraternities. Famed orchestras, such as those of Les Brown and Hudson-Delange, have played at these affairs. The men behind the J. C . Union's multiple activities are the members of the J. C. Union Activities Council. At present they include a number of upperclassmen, freshmen officers, men who ha e uccessfully completed the Union sarub, and faculty members . Russ Free– man, director of the Union, is the guiding light. and to him must go much of the credit. for the rapid strides the J. C. Union has taken in the two year of its existence two years in which it ha become the center of the campu social whirl. Commons-Frosh Dance Committee Back How : Huthma n. Bissel. Wood, Heinlein, Drumheller, llof. Pierce, Lockett. Gedney Front Row : Johnson. Cole, Howard. Smilh, Baumbusch. Martin, ' harp. Curtis. 125