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Traditional Annex song phrases, "We're mad about Yale" and "We really go for Yale" are misleading. Only two percent of Radcliffe girls go to New Haven for weekends during the college year, and even they do not go often. Other out-of-town schools can claim almost no 'Cliffe support. "Give me Harvard," said one girl, "they're available at no expense...
...spite of overwhelming Radcliffe approval of Harvard men, fewer than 10 percent "go steady" with them or anyone else. "I don't approve of that term," said a representative 'Cliffe sophomore. "It sounds childish." A sixth of the Annex population, nevertheless, has gone steady at some time during the past year, although one box on the questionnaire, marking two or more "steadies" in that time span, remained unchecked in all but one case...
...Annex sophomore who visits Yale once a month sums up Harvard men as: "nice. After all, they are not in any way outstanding, except maybe super-intelligent. But who wants intelligence without 'savoir faire,' and this a Harvard man hasn...
...September 3, 1939 war broke out in Europe again. Once year later the Annex Student Government set up a committee called the Radcliffe League for American Democracy. Its primary purpose was "to bring the point of view of aid to Britain before the College." From the very beginning, the girls cooperated with such organizations as the Harvard Student Defense League. They considered themselves "liberals and moderates...
...picture of the Radcliffe political scene is exemplified by the fact that in 36 years of activity, only one non-presidential candidate has ever found organized support at the Annex. He is one Jimmy O'Dea, candidate for the Massachusetts legislature in the spring...