Som
      Formal
      Dance
     
    
   
   
    
     
      On
      November
      16th,
      Marian,
      Bernardine,
      and
     
     
      Blanchard
      Hall
      had
      their
      anual
      ‘‘semi-formal’’
      dance.
     
     
      It
      was
      once
      again
      held
      at
      the
      C.P
      Prince
      Edward
      Hotel
     
     
      for
      the
      evening.
      This
      was
      not
      your
      average
      house-
     
     
      party,
      for
      everybody
      was
      dressed
      up
      to
      the
      “‘tips’’,
     
     
      the
      guys
      even
      wore
      their
      favorite
      ties
      and
      suits.
      While
     
     
      the
      majority
      of
      the
      ladies
      were
      in
      full
      length
      dresses.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      50,
      UH,
      MANDY....
     
     
      es
      i
      You
      LIKE
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ZVYOUR
      CORSAGE
      ?
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
          
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      MAIN
      BUILDING
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Things
      you
      may
      or
      may
      not
      know
      about
      the
      big
      red-
     
     
      brick
      building
      next
      to
      the
      rink...
     
    
   
   
    
     
      1.
      Main
      Building
      is,
      as
      its
      name
      suggests,
      the
      oldest
     
     
      building
      on
      campus,
      and
      stood
      for
      62
      years
      as
      the
     
     
      only
      academic
      building
      on
      the
      campus
      of
      St.
     
     
      Dunstans,
      before
      the
      constuction
      of
      Dalton
      Hall
      in
     
     
      LOL.
     
    

    
     
      2.
      The
      exterior,
      originally
      made
      of
      wood,
      was
      re-
     
     
      placed
      by
      the
      red
      bricks
      in
      1862,
      after
      the
      walls
      were
     
     
      found
      to
      be
      rotting.
      I
      guess
      it
      makes
      achange
      from
     
     
      the
      food
      being
      bad....
     
    

    
     
      3.
      Main
      Building
      was
      expanded
      in
      1899,
      and
      again
      in
     
     
      1903,
      the
      second
      time
      to
      house
      acommunity
      of
      nuns
     
     
      brought
      over
      from
      Quebec
      to
      take
      care
      of
      the
      house-
     
     
      keeping
      needs
      of
      the
      college
      community.
      Before
      the
     
     
      wheelchair
      ramp
      at
      the
      front
      of
      the
      building,
      there
     
     
      was
      once
      a
      veranda
      and
      covered
      walkway.
     
    

    
     
      4.
      The
      fourth
      floor
      of
      the
      building
      has
      had
      a
      varied
     
     
      past.
      Before
      being
      converted
      to
      classrooms
      and
     
     
      office
      space,
      it
      housed
      the
      student
      radio
      station
      and
     
     
      newspaper
      office,
      been
      dorms,
      and
      even
      arifle
      range
     
     
      during
      the
      Second
      World
      War.
     
    

    
     
      5.
      The
      first
      floor
      of
      the
      1899
      addition
      was,
      as
      eagle-
     
     
      eyed
      students
      may
      have
      noticed,
      originally
      achurch.
     
     
      At
      one
      end
      stood
      the
      altar,at
      the
      other,
      astage.
      The
     
    
   
   
    
     
      _
      even
      bea
      bigger
      success
      for
      all
      you
      ‘‘love-birds’’
      out}
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      It
      was
      truely
      a
      great
      success,
      even
      though
      some
     
     
      residence
      students
      perferred
      to
      stay
      at
      Marian
      hall
      and
     
     
      watch
      ‘‘PREDITORII”’
      for
      about
      the
      tenth
      time.
      But
      |
     
     
      there’s
      strong
      roomers
      of
      another
      ‘‘semi-formal’’
     
     
      dance
      being
      planned
      for
      Valetines-day
      which
      should
     
    
   
   
    
     
      there.
      This
      was
      a
      ‘‘couples
      only’’
      format,
      which
      was
      |
     
     
      a
      great
      idea
      because
      it
      helped
      many
      of
      those
      shy
      frosh)
     
     
      students
      get
      up
      the
      nerves
      to
      get
      out
      with
      a
      date.
      But
      |
     
     
      all-and-all
      it
      was
      a
      true
      memoriable
      event.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      benches
      could
      be
      flipped
      over,
      depending
      on
      the
     
     
      direction
      the
      audience
      needed
      to
      be
      facing!
     
    

    
     
      6.
      The
      marble
      flooring
      and
      stairway
      were
      commis-
     
     
      sioned
      by
      the
      Bursar,
      Father
      MacQuaid,
      in
      1939.
      It
     
     
      was
      faithfully
      restored
      in
      the
      corridor
      and
      parts
      of
      thi
     
     
      lobby
      during
      the
      renovations
      of
      1987.
      At
      the
      same
     
     
      time,
      the
      staircase
      went
      from
      its
      position
      on
      the
      left
      |
     
     
      of
      the
      main
      entrance,
      to
      its
      present
      back
      corner
      loca-
      |
     
     
      tion.
     
    

    
     
      7.
      Most
      of
      the
      basement
      was
      unusable
      before
      the
     
     
      1987
      renovation.
      Bulldozers
      were
      brought
      in
      to
      dig
     
     
      new
      rooms
      out
      of
      the
      clay.
      The
      only
      part
      which
      had
     
     
      ever
      been
      used
      was
      the
      space
      under
      the
      1899
      addition
     
     
      and
      annex,
      first
      as
      a
      refectory
      and
      then
      as
      storage
      fol
     
     
      theatre
      sets
      and
      props.
      Forawhile,
      Securitywas
      |
     
     
      housed
      down
      there,
      among
      the
      rats,
      bats,
      and
      creepy
      |
     
     
      crawlies.
     
    

    
     
      8.
      The
      lamps
      that
      hang
      in
      the
      faculty
      lounge
      and
     
     
      down
      the
      first
      floor
      corridor
      originally
      lit
      the
      chapel
      |
     
     
      when
      it
      moved
      from
      the
      first
      floor
      to
      Steele
      Hall.
      |
     
     
      They
      were
      saved
      when
      the
      chapel
      moved
      to
      its
      preser
     
     
      site
      a
      few
      years
      ago.
     
    

    
     
      9.
      Until
      1987,
      the
      annex
      was
      a
      two-storey
      building
     
     
      wath
      a
      flat
      roof.
      The
      computer
      lab,
      teaching
      centre
     
     
      and
      attic
      classroom
      on
      third
      floor
      are
      all
      only
      four
     
     
      years
      old.
     
    

    
     
      10.
      Finally,
      contrary
      to
      popular
      belief,
      at
      least
      in
      thr
     
     
      X-Press
      office,
      there
      are
      no
      ghosts
      in
      Main
      Building
     
     
      Dalton
      Hall,
      yes,
      But
      more
      about
      that
      another
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      UPEI
      X-P
      RESS
     
    
   
   
    
     
      November
      21,
      1991
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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