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...Lured by the prospect of a quick $150 for a week's work following exams, many showed up late Monday night armed with sleeping bags and blankets. By the time the Student Employment Office opened its doors to receive the flood of applicants, Radcliffe Yard looked like a public campground...
...many, though. the night was a welcome change of pace from the pressure of late-semester studying. A badminton game and the scattered remains of midnight snacks gave the Radcliffe Yard a campground atmosphere that startled some passers-by on their way to work...
Give 'Em Hell, Harry! Ten days ago, after driving all day through dairy lands, north into lakes and woods, we pulled into a little campground (which doubled as a chain saw outlet and vendor of used snowmobiles) a mile or so outside the proud community of Rhinelander, Wisconsin. Three dollars for a little plot for the tent, a picnic table, and a bunch of rocks in a circle to start a fire in, a fire which I later couldn't get started because of wet wood, an episode ending in a most unwoodsman-like display of burned fingers, smoldering copies...
Life aboard the rig suggests Devil's Island more than a dream vacation. Rotels have no toilet facilities; when there is no campground, oasis or hotel on their route, passengers go without bathing. Each morning after breakfasting and making their beds, they resume their seats in the bus for another ten hours on the road. Only two meals a day are included: tea or coffee, bread, butter and jam for breakfast and "quality German cooking"-all canned-for supper. Passengers must use the same sheets for the duration of the trip and, on journeys through remote areas, be prepared...
...CAMPGROUND is extremely quiet Sunday morning. At 10:00 we pack to leave and park our car down the exit road. On our way out I hear a man exclaiming: "I think just seeing what's going on here is fun." By the time the race starts it is 3:30 and we are again standing at turn 6. The race is 59 laps long. On the 10th lap there is a spinout down the straightaway. The next day I will learn the driver, Helmuth Koinigg, died crashing under the guardrail. He was decapitated. Standing next...