Show DORMITORY IMPORTANT TO GIRLS IN COLLEGE Said to Figure Prominently in Pro Promotion o of School Selio Spirit and Unity Dean Van Cott Points Out Utah's Ranking in Offered Provision The Dormitory y is is' is the the Life of a College was the substance of a ape speech pe ch recently delivered before the Legislative Committee e of the State Stat Women's Clubs by Lucy M. M Van Cott Dean of Women o en Without dormitories no university can ever have nave school spirit and cooperation with alumni according to Dean Van Cott Although the fraternities es and sororities ies take care of about a tenth of the problem there can be beno no unified social life in a college i without dormitories she continues I This academic ic work ork up here that 1 youre you're amounts to nothing Its It's ts t's the s life and the the human human contacts that count If it were not for rotten legislators a blind administration administration administration ad ad- ministration and a penurious alumni alum alum- ni and says Miss Van Cott Colt the out of town girls of the University would be properly housed housed housed hous hous- I ed under good wholesome sanitary conditions The following is the br brief ef of Dean Van Cotts Cott's speech Out of 1311 girls registered in inthe inthe I Ithe the University of Utah for 27 27 1926 I girls are from out of town I girls is the ideal number to tobe tobe tose be se housed in a dormitory according according according accord accord- ing ing to the opinion statistics gathered gathered gath gath- ered by the N Nato al Association of Deans of Women This number umber will support a dormitory financially and yet not be cumbersome for expert handling in other lines Utah stands at the foot of the I 1 scale in comparison with state universities in the United I States in providing dormitories for I their their students Colu Columbia University University University sity has spent seven million dollars for dormitories Pres President dent Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia saying saying say- say ing ng in his statement nt to the Board of Regents that the students who do lo not enjoy dormitory privileges are losing osing fifty per cent of then their education Dormitory life means better scholarship Dormitory life means better health The life of the dormitory furnishes furnishes furn- furn an environment nt where higher ideals deals of and right liv living ng may nay be taught It furnishes a place for crystal- crystal izing zing school spirit and loyalty I The dormitory makes of the student student stu- stu dent ent a livable well-trained well s social cial unit Dormitory life furnishes a home where the wealthy men and women of f the state would like ke their child- child ren en To date many of our wealthy people eople are sending their children elsewhere and this university is not gaining the interest in the gifts money noney etc that it otherwise would have A dormitory furnishes a home for the poor poor 5 students where they can secure all aU the advantages of con contact ct with other students and a good home and livelihood for less money than they could elsewhere Girls who are forced to work for lor their board and lodging may obtain employment nt here Dormitory life brings rings about a democracy of spirit among the rich students and the poor students which cannot be attained in any other way It is is the experience of other universities universities universities uni uni- that students living in these dormitories acquire a culture which is life-lasting life and b beneficial to their fellow men Once established a dormitory is absolutely self supporting |