Word: lamonts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Twenty Widener Library scrubwomen had to quit their jobs in 1929 because for nine years, contrary to a State law, they had been working at two cents under the 35 cent hourly wage minimum. The following spring, however, a champion enlisted their cause. He was Corliss Lamont '24. At the head of an indignant alumni group he offered personally to solicit from other alumni the scrubwomen's back pay," amounting to $280 each, if the University did not reimburse hem, which it promptly did. This militant defense of the underdog is characteristic of Lamont. From the moment he found himself...
...defiant attitude has also brought political repercussions, culminating in his recent tangle with Senator McCarthy. When Lamont refused to answer him during one hearing last winter the Senator fired a new kind of question at him--it was in Russian. This antagonized Lamont; instead of replying to McCarthy, he read him a prepared statement challenging his authority as a Senator to challenge...
...contrast with this high attendance on Sundays were the late evening weekday figures. At 11.15 p. m. on an average exam period evening, only 269 were studying in Lamont. If these students had all been upperclassmen whose House libraries could not accommodate them, we might justifiably demand that Lamont be kept open past 10 p. m. for their convenience. Desk Three slips show fairly conclusively, however, that most late studiers were freshmen, driven to the library because of the poor study conditions in the older dormitories. An adequate freshman study hall after 10 p. m., then, could be a reasonable...
...years ago is no answer to the problem. Efficient studying demands quiet, good light, and comfort. Opening several of the large first floor lecture rooms of Sever Hall--refinished and relighted only a few years ago--would be comparatively inexpensive and convenient, even if not as comfortable as Lamont. If Sever is unavailable, there are enough other lecture rooms around the Yard to provide adequate space...
...McNiff has indicated that he may modify the extended hours program this spring. He is justified in doing so, but a word of warning is in order. While we would like to see Lamont open long enough to suit every student's convenience, we realize that economy is also necessary to keep tuition low. But economy must be balanced against education; extra hours must not be sacrificed to budgetary demands. We must insist that Sunday hours at Lamont be retained and freshmen be provided with study space in the evening. If an adequate study hall cannot be procured, the University...