Lloyd Hall

From the "Hen Coop" to the "Gilded Cage"
Hen Coop-Gilded Cage Quote

The 1905 Microcosm includes a story abour what Dickinson College would be fifty years in the future: 1955. The Dickinson of 1955 is much different than the Dickinson of 1905. The author highlights the difference in housing for women. He wrote, "There isn't a hen coop any more. We call it the "gilded cage". The college bought the deer park you used to tell me about, enlarged the house, built a gymansium adjoining, and made everything so lovely for the girls that the fellows had to change the name."

Date: 1904
All terms: 1900-1909, Lloyd Hall, Physical education, Student housing
Female Dickinsonians Enjoy a Snack on the Porch of Lloyd Hall, 1902
Pickles

This photo depicts a group of female students eating pickles on the steps of Lloyd Hall. The women are from the class of 1902.
 
 

Date: 1902
All terms: 1900-1909, Class of 1902, Lloyd Hall, Photograph
"Lloyd Hall Notes" from The Dickinsonian
Lloyd Hall Notes

In the first issue of the 1907 school year, The Dickinsonian notes news about the women of Lloyd Hall.

Date: September 25, 1907
All terms: 1900-1909, Bowers, Edna, Johnson, Viva, Lloyd Hall, Young Women's Christian Association
Lloyd Hall Postcard, 1910
Postcard

This postcard depicts Lloyd Hall, the first women's dormitory at Dickinson College. The postcard was sent by Marguerete E. in September of 1910. She wrote, "This is where I live. The girls are lovely to me. My roomate has not arrived yet. I have unpacked my trunk and put my things away."

Date: September 1910
All terms: 1910-1919, Lloyd Hall, Photograph, Postcard, Student housing
A Postcard of Lloyd Hall
Postcard

This postcard depicts Lloyd Hall, the first women's dormitory at Dickinson College.

Date: c. 1910
All terms: 1910-1919, Lloyd Hall, Photograph, Postcard, Student housing
Lloyd Hall Alma Mater
Lloyd Hall Alma Mater

The 1910 Microcosm publishes this song titled the "Lloyd Hall Alma Mater" for the ladies who reside in the women's dormitory. The song's main theme is about bells and how they are found in all aspects of women's lives. From calling bells to door bells to wedding church bells, their life is "beginning and ending with bells."

Date: 1910
All terms: 1910-1919, Humor, Lloyd Hall, Microcosm, Poetry
"The Freshman-Sophomore Co-ed Rush"
"The Freshman-Sophomore Co-ed Rush"

"The Freshman-Sophomore Co-ed Rush" is a humorous piece in the 1909 Microcosm that pokes fun at the tensions between the Freshman and Sophomore classes. The fight between the two classes broke out because of a Freshman singing and playing a song about their class pride. This causes an outrage amongst the Sophomores and a fight between all the women then ensues. Freshman and Sophomore women are ripping out hairpins and combs, carrying others away and pinning them against the wall. After some time, the Dean of Women, Mrs.

Date: 1909
All terms: 1900-1909, Bell, Clara, Bowers, Edna, Brubaker, Stella, Galley, Blanche, Handwork, Edna, Humor, Jenkins, Mary, Kisner, Florence R., Lloyd Hall, McAnney, Lucretia Jones, Microcosm, Middleton, Dorothy, Mosser, Sarah, Perry, Frances, Rider, Edna, Roberts, Elma, Rush, Townsend, Florence, Williamson, Helen, Witmer, Mary Eleta
Thoughts of Springtime and Co-eds Danced in the Men's Heads
"In the Spring..."

An untitled poem in the 1908 Microcosm discusses how springtime means opportunity for the men of Dickinson College. The springtime turns a young man's fancy to "thoughts of the co-ed hall." Outside of the hall the men will linger "like a bee about the hive, waiting for the honeyed sweetness of the honey-comb inside." These are the "supposed" daily occurrences of the men in springtime at Dickinson College.

Date: 1908
All terms: 1900-1909, Dating, Lloyd Hall, Microcosm, Poetry
Between Lloyd Hall and "A Tight Place"
"A Tight Place"

"A Tight Place" is a poem written about what a man will do for a fellow "inmate of Lloyd Hall" that he has feelings for. Wanting to grab her attention, the man asks her if she can make good fudge. The woman agreed to make some, so long as the man bought her all the supplies needed. Unfortunately for the man, he realized that he had no money in his pockets, being that he was in his Sunday clothes. Kindly, a fellow female friend lent him the money needed, rather than one of his male friends. The man successfully bought all the necessary items, and the girl never found out about his plight.

Date: 1908
All terms: 1900-1909, Dating, Humor, Lloyd Hall, Microcosm, Poetry
"Sting, Stang, and Stung" in Lloyd Hall
"Sting, Stang, Stung"

"Sting, Stang, Stung" is a comical piece written about the senior ladies discussing what male students are available for them for the ball. Each of the senior girls is mentioned, each singularly discussing who they would like to take to the ball and who is unavailable. The discussion soon turns to what faculty members the girls would take to the ball. After two hours of debating, the girls finally head off to bed. As an "N.B." the piece states that on the next day, the "boys came to the rescue...better late than never."

Date: 1908
All terms: 1900-1909, Bixler, Olive M., Blair, Elizabeth H., Burchenal, Alice C., Davis, Ella P., Deatrick, Ethel M., Decker, Jessie, Deiser, Edith M., Fishel, Verna H., Galley, Anna M., Gruber, S. Margaret, Hoch, Debbie, Jones, Dorothea, Leamy, Mary E., Lee, Linette E., Lloyd Hall, Microcosm, Morris, May, Reese, Lillie, Rothermel, Sadie P., Shriner, Emma E., Swigert, Laura M., Woodward, Julia B.