Word: hitch
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Means of transportation which students will use to go home next week are, in order of popularity: railroad, automobile, airplane, hitch-hiking, bicycling. This conclusion was reached from a nurvey made by a CRIMSON reporter, in which 300 men, all living at least 50 miles from Cambridge, were questioned...
...they would bicycle their way home, and two Freshmen who were going to their native village "on the thumb." For some reason the Junior Class seems to be the most orthodox. Only three of its members were found who will go home by ship, and none who would either hitch-hike or ride their bicycles...
...number of Freshmen who will go by train is 48, by auto 15, by plane 8, by boat 1, by bicycle 0, and by hitch-hiking 3. The number of Sophomores who will go by train is 51, by auto 19, by plane 3, by boat 0, by bicycle 2, and by hitch-hiking...
...number of Juniors who will go by train is 48, by auto 21, by plane 3, by boat 3, by bicycle 0, and by hitch-hiking 0. The number of Seniors who will go by train is 39, by auto 23, by plane 8, by boat 5, by bicycle 0, by hitch-hiking 0. The total number who will go by train is 186, by auto 78, by plane 22, by boat 9, by hitch-hiking 3, and by bicycling 2. This makes the per cent. of the total who will go by train 62, the per cent. by auto...
That's strong as any ropey hitch...