Word: bowser
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Although disclaiming specific knowledge of the charges of Hallowell Bowser '44 and Chester M. Pierce '48 that they were denied entrance for racial reasons, Quinn noted that if the Club's practice was habitually to admit customers without cards, it would be a transgression of the license...
Jarvis, however, had "no comment" on the admissibility of Bowser and Pierce, but stressed that "we are a private club, and we have to be selective about the elements we get in here...
...Then Bowser directed his attention to Jarvis, asking him to clear up the aparrent confusion. "I'm not worried about them," Jarvis repeated with more emphasis, "it's you two I'm talking...
Anxious to conform to the regulations, Bowser then requested membership. Jarvis took the group into his office, had them all leave their names, and said that "application forms" would be sent to them through the mails. Cater and Jordan left for their half-empty drinks, and Bowser and Pierce for the sidewalk...
...this point two friends of the detained men, Douglass Cater '46 and Jack E. Jordan '46, left their table to join the conversation. Bowser asked whether these two were enrolled members of the Club 100, and they replied, "of course...