Word: johnson
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Princeton, Howard Johnson's is serving in an unfamiliar Gothic environment without its orange roof, and with only six of its 28 flavors. There is no choice for Princetonians between a "Hot Roast Vermont Turkey Sandwich" and "Delicious Fried Clams." Instead of a waitress beaming down with a menu, a fellow student loads the table with platters of institutionalized cooking...
...despite the fact Princeton men are eating an ersatz Howard Johnson's at Commons, they generally fare better than their Harvard brethren. For fifty cents less per term, the Tigers eat family style off plastic plates, not navy trays. The food is rushed out directly from the kitchen, and is usually at least at room temperature...
...policy, Princeton offers milk only twice a day and does not allow seconds on meat. But Princetonians who feel they are being starved into submission frequently bluff their way into two different dining halls during a meal-a practice which both University and Howard Johnson's ignore. Unlike the name checking system at Harvard, a Commons identification card is used at Princeton...
Though Princeton students claim that "Howard Johnson's was never like this at home," the administration is quite satisfied with the set up. Johnson's can run the dining halls at less cost to students than Princeton could, and the "family style" serving enables over 240 students to earn full board as waiters and bussboys...
Batchelder, g; Harrop, lfb; Scully, rfb; Miller, lhb; Drake, chb; Pantelconi, rhb; Wolf or Johnson, ol; Spivak, il; Bell, cf; Weiss, ir; Goldstein...