Word: battallion
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...time. Of course, at night there is an excuse and all except a few of the gates must be kept closed so that all entrances can be adequately watched by the plain-clothes men, but in the broader light of day there is no reason why the battallion of janitors who foregather in the basement of Harvard Hall should not shoulder their rusty keys and throw wide all the gates. The portals that are now life unlocked usually have one gate sadly ajar, making it necessary to wedge one's way in or squirm through surreptiously. The conditions...