First of all, for those of you that don't know anything about Ruth Collins Hall, here is a quick preface for the Letter to Ruth. Almost every single girl that decides to go to Baylor University desires to live in Ruth Collins Hall and let me tell you, it is most definitely not chosen due to "easy accessibility to campus" or for the "best showers on campus." Collins, as all of its residents and other Baylor students call it, is chosen because of community—the bond those six hundred freshman girls share during their months at school. When they come back, they have the commonality and community of Ruth Collins Hall. This year is even more important. It is the year of "closing Collins," the last year of the original Collins—the Collins which many generations can relate too and have called home at a point in their life. It came at a point in their lives when finding a place to call home was a necessity.
Ruth Collins Hall,
First and foremost, within the little over two weeks us residents have lived here, you have already given us more memories than we could possibly count. Whether those memories be defined by the dance parties in our dorm rooms (which are bigger than Penland), where the music drifted down the hallway and around the corner, or the lovely community bathrooms where we all have met so many girls that we now see all around campus. Or perhaps the memories are when people make food and the whole floor smells like Club Collins, to Football pre-game parties, to the "KoCo Row Your Boat," to bringing endless glitter for football games, to, of course, the Collins cutie chant (and loud intercom announcements). You have made the transition a fun one to be in. I mean, where would we be without community bathrooms?
Even though your walls do not work with 3M tape, the AC is sometimes questionable, and the doors are squeaky, there is no place we would rather be. Thank you already for some of the best memories and for more that are for sure to come.
