Word: comstock
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...deans and students alike, has developed cyclically over a half century. During the general unrest of the nineteen-twenties, Radcliffe girls were bound by a social system of comparatively stringent rules. With the thirties came the progressively greater freedom that caused apprehension among members of the Administration. Ada L. Comstock, then President of the Annex, voiced the opinion, "You never take a step back--once you go forward, you never retreat." But she was at least partly mistaken, for the amending of senior privilege in the forties reversed the trend by lessening social freedom. As for the library honor system...
Second Marshal will be Alice C. Pepper '59, of Moors Hall and New York City; Third Marshal, Nancy L. Proger '59, of comstock Hall and Brookline; Fourth Marshal, Anne H. Layzer '59, of Cambridge and Chestnut Hill; and Fifth Marshal, Jean L. Anderson '59, of Whitman Hall and Wethersfield, Conn...
...room and board payments. The College's over-all policy is to "break even in the long run," which necessitates adjustments in room and board charges. ROOM AND BOARD SCHEDULE Present Fall 1959 Single rooms available in all halls $1,080 $1,130 Planned double rooms (available in Bertram, Comstock, Holmes and Moors Halls) 1,000 1,045 Economy double rooms (available in all Halls) 890 930 Cooperative houses (board not included...
...Comstock Hall, by joining with Winthrop House, hopes to bring an intellectual atmosphere into the dormitory, while Holmes Hall and Quincy House aim at cooperation in the arts...
...Radcliffe can never replace the Harvard community, out it can take better advantage of what is offered," explained Donald R. Brown, teaching fellow in Government, who serves with his wife as Head Resident at Comstock. "We must bring people into the dorms who will make them more than just a place to live," he added...