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Duckett is home to 37 students who boast that Duckett has the best location of all Smith houses. It is only five minutes away from everything -- classes, libraries and downtown.
Duckett is nearly 200 years old, but was not acquired by Smith until 1968. Throughout its history, however, it has been associated with the College. At the turn of the century, it was a boarding house for Smith students who lived off campus. Later it was owned by an alumna and used as part of a school for girls. The house is named for Eleanor Shipley Duckett, a former professor in the Department of Classical Languages and Literatures. Mary Ellen Chase, for whom Chase House is named, was her life-long companion, and so the adjoining Chase and Duckett Houses were named for these outstanding women scholars and teachers. There are several volumes of their published works in the house library.
As for Duckett house social
life, several parties are held every academic year. One cocktail
party takes place
during
Winter Weekend and another during Spring Weekend.
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