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Farewell to Ajax, p. 8

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social representative whose job it was to arrange dances. Girls who worked for large companies in Toronto would be invited out to Ajax for dances, and called for and taken back to the city by bus. For instance, girls on the staff of the Bell Telephone Company were often invited to Ajax. Indeed one house was named "Bell House," but it was pointed out afterwards, before there could be any charges of favouritism, that this was simply to honour the inventor of the telephone. In the four terms there were 259 specially-arranged parties in the common rooms of residence at Ajax. The house committee of the residence where a dance was being held was responsible for behaviour and there was never a complaint. The house committees also kept a sharp eye open for gate crashers from other residences, who hopefully turned up uninvited. The biggest problem in residences was the noisy student during study periods. Sometimes a transfer to another house would solve the problem and sometimes the student would have to be told off. About two and a half per cent gave up of their own accord, some because of financial difficulties, others because they had accepted jobs or couldn't get the hang of the course. There were a certain number of Big

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