Word: linnean
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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There's a man on Linnean Street with a bona fide grudge against Radcliffe's morals. He's a janitor, and he can't get his work done because there's always some naked girl standing in her window with the shades up, distracting him. Not content with exhibiting the precision of her indubitably lovely mind, it would seem...
...janitor protests, and it is as if the ghosts of Anne Radcliffe, Emerson, and the James brothers collectively lent him eloquence. "These girls here, their parents have money to send them to college then they ought to have it to buy curtains. Here on Linnean Street, parading around so every Tom and Harry passing by can get his fill. They ought to do something about it. Maybe the people who run the place are the ones. How can a guy respect colleges when stuff like this goes on? It's no treat for me, you know. I mean...
...Linnean Street is not alone in his protest against modern morals. His finely phrased complaints strike at the heart of what is no small problem on the modern American scene. But articulate observers have seldom been more than articulate, and idealists and social reformers meet complete indifference far more often than opposition. The janitor is no exception. His protests are voiced again and again to various passers-by, and met with a smile, a smirk, a subdued laugh...
Architect Hugh A. Stubbins' "pre-preliminary studies" for the new school have indicated the advisability of closing 211 feet of the street at the Linnean St. end, according to City Manager John J. Gurry...
...Radcliffe quads have often been used for outdoor studying and sunbathing, but the publicly-located Linnean St. side of the quad has been a main trouble spot. The Board considered a proposal to build a fence screening this area from the street, but took no action...