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...faith in the effectiveness of any halfway measures. When government fails, the power of restraint passes on to the larger business organizations. But no one can be encouraged by the callousness to the common interest illustrated with the "Let 'em go on relief" philosophy of Mr. Hayes of Hayes-Bick, or the "Take it out on Labor" doctrine of David Lawrence, or the pressure apparently put on the press to keep from the public the ominous picture of worthless values made up by figures on basic commodity prices. The consumer is his own last resort. A refusal...
...dampen such Boy Scout enthusiasm, the Upperclassman tagged along, nodding appreciatively at the mention of O.H. and the Bick. But Adams House was more inviting than a Freshman dorm, so finally he unmasked. '49 retreated in embarassed disorder...
Otherwise, a snack at Liggetts, or--in case of a particularly heavy date--supper at a Hayes-Bick, is gratefully accepted by any girl. Taxis are generally never mentioned, and the day of the convertible coupe is gone. Girls now condescend to walk to a movie or take the subway. A ride in a battered old back is an extravagance...
Either the College was puritanical in those days or the local cafeterias were a far cry from the genteel Georgian and Hayes-Bick. Earlier College laws would indicate the former to be the case. For example, in 1655 students were required to"... weare modest and sober habit without strange, ruffian-like, or new-angled fashions, without lavish dresse for any excesses of aparal whatever," and they could not ".... weare long haire, locks or foretopps ..." nor indulge in the "... curling, crisping, parting or powdering their haire...
Everything looked the same. The lush greenness of the Yard. The Navy Officers in the Square. The congregation to Hayes-Bick. Harvard was old Harvard, when Hitler was a pup, and this war wouldn't make any more difference than the other six or seven in her history had. The Vagabond wasn't quite sure how many it was, but exact figures are unimportant. The University was yielding gradually and gracefully; this Y-12 business wouldn't affect Fair Harvard any more than it would affect indifferent Vagabond...