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...fencers felt inferior to the big he-man football players, and complained that minor sports did not get a fair deal at the Varsity Club. The swimmers presented a strong protest bloc against the creamed chicken served, and one tennis man was annoyed by the fact that the ping pong paddles bad a rubber surface. A couple of fellows never could locate the cue chalk...
...first floor has a large common room equipped with magazines and chess boards, a study room, a radio and phonograph room, and the cafeteria itself. In the basement are a large locker room and a ping-pong room...
...Dudley Hall as a commuters' center has done much to alleviate the situation. Meals are offered at very low rates, and lockers, study halls, radios, ping-pong tables, and a common room are provided. But Dudley Hall is forced to work on a limited budget, and the facilities afforded the commuters are vastly inferior to those in the Houses and the Union. Despite the excellent work which is being done at the commuters' center, many of the original problems still exist, and most of them cannot be solved under present conditions...
...Ping-Pong. Venereal infection during World War I cost the Army 6,500,000 man-days (time lost in hospitals). Military police patrol towns as best they can, mark the most putrid spots "out of bounds." Military medicos provide soldiers with oral caution beforehand, treatment afterward, encourage local authorities to provide free prophylaxis stations. Army (and Navy) doctors generally prefer controlled segregation, covertly discourage the more extreme efforts of such agencies as the American Social Hygiene Association to abolish prostitution by legal action. Theory (which the Association disputes): when the business scatters, disease increases. Last week the Association proposed that...
...skis streams behind him a "California here I come" banner; also, the original James Montgomery Flagg poster welcomes alumni to the World's Fair annual meeting. There are three frequently-used pool tables, and a former dean of the Law School takes on all comers at rheumatic ping pong. The rathskeller held some very popular "punchteas" after the football games and offers vic dancing every evening except Sunday. This glorified Eliot House Grille and the three formal dances held each year have finally convinced many young instructors that the membership fee ($5:00 or $10.00 for the lower brackets...