Word: pledgees
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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As a pledge, Jeanne has just what the sorority wants: good looks, clothes, social poise, a well-to-do father, and a mother who was a Tri U herself and has never forgotten it. In the end, Jeanne, after seeing how Tri U snubs "social inferiors," is disenchanted enough to...
Ridgway agreed to the date. He said he would send his representatives by helicopter if the weather on Sunday permitted; otherwise they would travel by jeep. At the same time, he requested a pledge of safe-conduct.
The Communists gave the pledge. But they suggested that the U.N. negotiators travel in jeeps whether the weather was fair or foul. The implication was that the helicopters might be fired on by mistake. It was also possible that the Communists, who had no 'copters, were jealous of such...
Unfair Competition. In Sacramento, Calif., Bar Owner Nick Sanducci complained to the city council about the new gospel mission next door: "Every time somebody comes along they grab him and make him take the pledge."
During the early part of the term the main topic of conversation around the Memorial Hall dining room was the situation down at Yale. President Angell had greeted the incoming freshmen with the dictum that either they observed prohibition or face dismissal. "The University will not permit dissipation. No man...