Word: basement
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...little basement theater in Prague was packed and jammed with Czech bobby-soxers, lured there by the Ministry of Information in hopes of hearing a two-hour program of Bing Crosby records...
Once a student is admitted to Princeton, he finds himself in a centralized campus of high towers and Gothic arches, interspersed here and there with the usual Victorian monstrosities. He lives in a smallish room and has a male biddy, and has to walk to the basement for his bathroom and washroom. This latter difficulty is somewhat lessened by the existence of mop basins on each floor, which Princetonians use for face-washing and other purposes...
...time, Mather was president of the Boston organization, and he went out of his way to aid Cambridge in setting up its branch. The enrollment that first year topped 300, and the organizers were encouraged into expanding the following year. More rooms were turned over to classes and the basement was made into a well-equipped workshop, while the number of courses grew steadily. In 1940, the Center broke away from the Boston organization and set itself up as an independent Brach of the Social Union...
...action, which rejected plans made last Spring for the purchase of a coin-operated automatic wash outfit to be installed in the House basement, was passed unanimously by the House Committee last Tuesday. The main reason for the change in plans, as cited by Herman, stems from the fact that the House treasury cannot stand the expense of purchasing a washer and the dryer that would also be required...
...souped up power transmitter, located in the Moors Hall basement, will carry broadcasts to every room in the seven 'Cliffe dormitories. Broadcasts were formerly transmitted through equipment in the basement of Barnard Hall...