It's Not Alone for Knowledge
W HAT restrictions in hours are placed upon the men? What regulations do you have here? are the two most frequent queries of men and mothers, respectively, who come for the first time to Pioneer Hall, dormitory for men at the University of Minnesota. The answers are as vastly different as the significance behind each question. The first query is easily and briefly answered. Doors to the sixteen Pioneer Hall house units are never locked. The second is neither so easily nor so briefly answered. Let us imagine ourselves seated comfortably in the office of the director as he attempts to show a mother what the dormitory has to offer her son in lieu of home influence and of interested, personal supervision of high-school instructors. In structural accommodations Pioneer Hall is undoubtedly one of the finest in the country. Covering an entire block on the towering bluffs of the mighty Mississippi, it is ideally situated for campus activity and transportation facilities, located as it is within two blocks of the campus and within one of the transit lines. The athletic building is conveniently close; and the highway and byways of the Mississippi are at hand for those mildly inclined toward exercise. The dormitory provides the most modern of residence advantages with careful supervision and at a moderate cost. Pioneer Hall houses 536 men. Most of them live in three-room suites accommodating two men. Separate bedrooms and a comfortably furnished study give each man the utmost in privacy and space. Cleanliness of surroundings and regularity of good, substantial meals are no small factor in the physical well-being of the residents. Quiet for study is maintained during the evening hours. The men may gather in the two well-furnished lounge rooms for conversation, quiet games, radio, or music, however. Each lounge boasts of a grand piano. The " browsing" library of some eight hundred volumes donated by President Coffman furnishes biography, fiction, and travel for the student's hours of relaxation. Physical comfort at Pioneer Hall is only one of many advantages offered by this fine dormitory. Continued residence in Pioneer Hall is crystallizing a spirit whose influence will extend widely as the alumni go out into other communities. Already a "pride of ownership" is felt, simplifying regulation, and rendering it more co-operative, and thereby more effective.