Word: overflowed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Recommending the construction of a new House as the only "real and permanent" solution to the problem offered by the annual overflow of undergraduates who cannot be accommodated in the Houses, the Student Council last night urged as immediate remedial measures the adoption of the Yale plan of guaranteeing Juniors and Seniors admission to the Houses, an "associate member" plan, and the provision of adequate intramural facilities for the remaining out-of-House...
Although Apley, Claverly, the residential part of Dudley, Little and the various "rat houses" harbor many who intentionally dodge the House Plan, these dormitories are admittedly reserved for the House overflow each year. For the Plan to be athletically complete, therefore, some provision must be made for their residents...
Such a throng of sentimental and thrifty people rushed to the sale that for the first time in 90 years Charles & Co. was forced to close its doors during store hours. The crowd was then put in line, handled like any cinema overflow. The 220 Charles employes were loyal to the store, resentful of the newfangled ways that had helped to kill it. One customer asked a busy saleswoman on the second floor: "Is this the Hostess Shop?" Said the clerk: "Ha, it was, madam, or so they say it was. I never thought...
William Chambers '39, wielded the gavel at the overflow meeting...
...generous Federal patronage, Boss Hague would really turn out his Hudson County vote for Mr. Ely. Boss Hague's answer was to show Secretary Woodring a mammoth, slam-bang political jamboree for Candidate Ely in the Jersey City armory, complete with red-fire, bands, entertainers and an overflow crowd that brought the cheering total to at least 100,000. Franklin Roosevelt's emissary thereupon inserted into his prepared speech a hearty Roosevelt endorsement of Candidate Ely, predicted his election and added: "I know that the President will be thrilled when I give him that report." Opposing Democrat...