Word: counters
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Hammond's diary was edited by Amherst's English Professor George F. Whicker, biographer of Emily Dickinson (This Was a Poet). Writes he: ". . . We are prone to belittle what colleges [before the Civil War] were contributing [and to] think complacently of the bargain-counter curriculum currently spread before the freshmen's fastidious eyes. [But it is wrong to conclude] that education took place apart from and even in spite of the college.. , . The student of the 18405 . . . was going to college with an earnestness that his successors might well envy. He was not dabbling...
...possible feature of the Center, rejected by the Council but deserving of further discussion, would be the inclusion of a lounge suitable for entertaining guests throughout the evening. An attractively furnished room containing a refreshment counter would add greatly to the building's popularity without in any way encroaching upon the social domain of the Houses. Little more can be said about the Council's recommendation: the proposed Center speaks for itself. As a memorial, it would be highly fitting in an age devoted to positive work and play; and as a badly needed addition to the University, it would...
...Counter-Revolution. Controversial subjects such as politics and religion are forbidden on Yosian ambles. Members are "of all races, colors and creeds, a sort of walking democracy ... a meeting of the minds as the bodies relax." But there have been troublemakers. Just before the U.S. entered World War II, says Swift, "the Communists made my life hell." It may have been because Swift had broken his own rule and was indulging in subtle counter-revolutionary propaganda, using analogies from nature (ant life...
...Boston, things seldom change. The original Washington Street restaurant has never moved from its site in a dingy brick building opposite the equally venerable Boston Globe. Many a staid Bostonian (like onetime customer Calvin Coolidge) has eaten his fish chowder and apple pie a»; che same counter for 30 years, served every day by the same waitress...
...last of the seventh, John Coppinger walked and stole second. After Ralph Petrillo filed out, Bill Harford walked, and Bill Ayres poked a single down the right field foul line to send Coppinger across with the tying counter. At this point, Hill was yanked and reliefer Oscar Chapin retired the side on a pop up and a strikeout...