Green Street Shops Serve as Canteens, Meeting Places and General Supply Line

On page four of Smith's "Rules and Regulations" it says: "For reasons of safety, smoking is not permitted in students' rooms."

More than anything else, students allege, this rule preserves his prosperity of 405 feet of sidewalk and stores known as Green Street. This stretch, bordering the west side of the campus, boasts 19 shops to be precise; four calories, eight clothing shops, two shoe stores, a gift shop, a hairdresser, a bicycle shop, a stationary store, and as all-purpose establishment known as The Dell.

This sector handles a major portion Smith trade and of her greatest importance constitutes what Times Squares is to New York perhaps because this cannot in many places, smith girls smokes heavily. Since they like to smoke and study, they seek refuge in the four refuge that extend along Green Street.

Many a student has her favorite and reserved studying spot in a rear both of one of the eating places. All during the morning, the counters and booths are jammed with people who want to read a hit between classes and who want to smoke. These restaurant scholars have also learned to concentrate with a most incredible hullabaloo going on around them. Indeed they become so accustomed to noise they cannot concentrate without it.

Once the eateries lure the students is Green Street, they are ready game for the other merchants along the line. Smith's food is another contributing factor to Green street's prosperity. the smith dormitories often serve little, and don't serve that particularly well, causing an enormous amount of snack indulging. This may result as much out of it being the thing to do and the place to go as out of hunger.

Scarcely anywhere in Northampton is one more likely to meet a friend than is one of the smoke-filled little eating shops.

If they aren't directly in the shops, student often stand or squat outside is exchange he day's gossip. Given the right weather and the right time, Green Street becomes the most alive place in Northampton.