Word: dorm
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Bunting certainly ought to have foreseen the deficit last Spring, before girls contracted for rooms off-campus with her blithe assurance that they would eat their breakfasts where they lived. Now many girls never eat the dorm breakfasts they have paid for and are, in addition, shelling out money--more than $65--for their own supplies...
...Junior Show is only part of the Junior Show. The institution surrounds itself with intriguing accoutrements--from the demurely bizarre construction of the Alumnae Hall Auditorium to the program filled with class and dorm ads which conceal their identity behind visual puns or signatures hidden almost as well as the "Nina" in a Hirschfield cartoon. If the Show's pace is ever too slow, you can try to puzzle out the ads or memorize the name of the Junior class tree (Crimson king maple...
According to Smith, the many other work options now open to students have reduced the dorm crew's available manpower. The dining halls have increased their student demands this year from 300 to 350. In addition, federal work-study programs have attracted increasing numbers of students...
...dorm crew's normal work capacity requires 140 students--125 absolutely necessary for service plus a 15-man supplementary "crash crew." According to Smith, this force is always reduced at several times during the school year, particularly after November hour exams when poor grades prompt many freshmen--who make up the majority of the dorm crew--to give up their jobs...
...Girls are given keys to the dorm so they may return at any hour without embarrassment...