Word: daytona
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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This year was better than ever for the two resorts; both Lauderdale and Daytona were packed from about March 20 through April 5. Students came from colleges all over the country, some at considerable sacrifice, spending about as much time on the road as in Florida. Most, however, were there for at least a week, and had an opportunity to be members of a unique society that comes into existence only once a year...
...were the students who comprised the 73,000 or more in Daytona and almost that many in Lauderdale? While no tally was taken in Daytona, fairly precise "registration" figures are available for Lauderdale, which, contrary to common impression, is far from being a "has been" for the spring vacation crowd...
...average vacationer in Lauderdale or Daytona is one of his more surprising characteristics. The majority of the students seemed to be at least juniors, and many were recent graduates, graduate students, or on a leave of absence. There were almost no freshmen. "Where the boys are" is as appropriate a name as ever; the boys outnumber the girls by about five to one, in both Lauderdale and Daytona. By the middle of the week, when many of the girls have been picked up, the ratio becomes much more unfavorable -- something like a Radcliffe jolly...
...notable feature of the Lauderdale or Daytona vacation, perhaps like almost any vacation, is the remarkable speeding-up of life. The steps in a re- lationship between a boy and girl are shortened considerably, and sex becomes an open and important concern of all. Relationships are measured by both male and female visitors purely in terms of "conquests," and they are more functional than meaningful...
...that things like the Daytona riots develop. After being closed in by three days of bad weather, the natives became restless. When a policeman tried to stop them from tossing a girl up into the air on a blanket, a huge chant of "Go to hell" broke out. By the end of vacation, Daytona police had arrested an average of 100 students a day. Until they realized that it would end up costing them a great deal of money, most people thought it pretty exciting to be thrown in jail overnight, and it was definitely the way to be "cool...