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...clubs actually have much to offer materially. In a college located in a small town, they supply almost 100 percent of the student's social activities. Meals run at about $1650 to $1750 a week, are served by waitresses on linen table cloths, and are tastier than those served in many restaurants. Inter-club sports are amazingly organized, with the annual trophy one of the most highly respected honors for a club to possess. Inter-club dances also afford entertainment in a town that boasts not one nightclub. Over-night accommodations for visiting girls are also arranged in the clubhouse...

Author: By Gene R. Kearney, | Title: Princeton Clubs Divided on Proposal to Open Membership to 100 Percent of Upper Classes | 11/5/1949 | See Source »

...James A. Linen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Oct. 17, 1949 | 10/17/1949 | See Source »

...music at take-offs and landings. The specially decorated DC-6s will seat 56 people and will have a lounge (Eastern's smaller Constellations carry 60 passengers, some sitting three abreast), fresh flowers in the planes every day, and such features as hot hors d'oeuvres and linen napkins. Fares will be no higher than on other DC-6 flights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: Comeback for National | 10/17/1949 | See Source »

...James A. Linen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Oct. 3, 1949 | 10/3/1949 | See Source »

Because nylon is stronger than cotton or linen and does not rot, Brownell & Co., Inc. of Moodus, Conn, started making nylon fish nets. To test their new product, Brownell made composite gill nets three miles long with alternate sections of nylon, cotton and linen. When the nets were tried in the Great Lakes, the nylon sections caught twelve times as many fish as the others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Good Fishing | 9/19/1949 | See Source »

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