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I cannot imagine fitting 16 rooms into the original part of the house. I know that from talking to some alumni, some of which had lived in the house 50 and 60 years ago, that everyone used to sleep in the attic on bunk bed style beds. The rooms downstairs were primarily for studying, relaxing, etc, and they would only sleep in the attic.
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It used to be common practice - at least up north - for members to sleep barracks-style on the top floor, and keep the windows open all year round. Sometimes snow would drift against the beds. I even tried it one night while visiting Beta up in Maine. They called it "the Ram", I don't know why. They all had electric blankets (the room was unheated), but no alarm clocks. A brother stationed outside was appointed to quietly wake each guy when it was time for class.
They did the same thing at Cornell in a room they call "the Dormer", now a weight room. Check out
http://www.iswza.org/edgemoor/roomname.html
The Dormer is on the Third Floor. There's also a room on the Second Floor called "the Bank" - for a very interesting reason.
ZAX,
Jono