Word: campus
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...were so poor that his classmates wondered how he ever lasted out four years at the University of Virginia. Among other things he flunked a course in government. But Ed had other attributes. He was an impressively handsome, exuberantly friendly man who taught Sunday school, became president of the campus Y.M.C.A. and believed that all the world was just as well-meaning as well-meaning Ed Stettinius...
...campus of Jefferson Military College near Natchez, Miss, stands a monument inscribed: "Aaron Burr tried . . . under these oaks, 1807; Andrew Jackson camped here, 1812-1815; Jefferson Davis a student here, 1815; John James Audubon taught here, 1822; Lafayette reviewed cadets, 1825." But in spite of its historic past, Jefferson Military College had fallen on hard times. Classroom walls were peeling ; desks were worn beyond repair. There were hardly enough students (48) in its high-school classes to keep the place going. Then, a few weeks ago, along came Judge George W. Armstrong...
...dual nature of the college, Princeton's admissions office tries to get dual-nature students. Nassau Hall wants "the all-around boy who possesses a sound mind, a healthy diversity of interests, and those qualities of leadership and citizenship which will make him a fine citizen on the campus and in later life...
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...
...toss footballs on the campus and tack Esquire calendars to his walls, because the College counts this as part of school spirit. But he can't take a date anywhere except gymnasium dances and juke-box joints until the middle of his sophomore year, when he gets into one of the seventeen eating and social clubs. Unless he's in the unlucky ten percent...