Word: girling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...something else enters the picture. The AYD, of which Radcliffe is an autonomous chapter, has been called "subversive" by the federal government. Any member of this "subversive" group is running the risk of being considered "subversive" for the rest of her life. Employers may or may not check a girl's college record carefully; if they do, and find that she was a member of the AYD, they will be inclined to turn down her application-- to be on the safe side...
There is one employer who always checks the record, and that is the United States Government. The fact that a girl was once a member of a "subversive" organization would probably bar her from a federal job, even if she had joined the group for only one term...
That, of course, cannot be what the Radcliffe administration desires. Everything should be done to make it clear that each girl can belong to whatever organization she happens to agree with at the moment, without fear that she may be jeopardizing her future. The latest recommendation of the Student Council that the Dean destroy membership lists at the end of the year seems fair. The recommendation, however, leaves to the Dean's discretion what should be an official ruling. The destruction of membership lists to keep political affiliation out of the permanent records should be a part of the Dean...
Nancy Carroll '51, one of the girl's whose money was stolon, described the woman as middle aged, wearing a black coat and a red and white kerchief. The robbery was not reported to the police...
That information is one result of a poll conducted this month among Social Relations 1 students at both colleges. The poll indicates that the average Harvard man and Radcliffe girl each hope to have four children. Since sixty percent of all Radcliffe girls marry Harvard men, it's a good thing...