Mildred E. Mudd was the first dorm (and the first building) built on Mudd campus, followed by
WestDorm, which was west of Mildred (now known as East), so it was all good. Then they built
NorthDorm, which was north of East, which is still pretty much good.... but when they built Marks, and it wasn't south of anything, it was decided that it had to be called
SouthDorm, just to be consistent (or something). And that's the story of the
QuadDorms at Mudd.
And here I thought that it was related to the QuadDamage?...