Word: porritt
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that indoor-outdoor carpeting isn't soft either, and it doesn't wear well," Miss Porritt said. "We talked to architects all last spring, and for the sake of maintenance and quiet, cork is the most satisfactory substance...
...according to Ruth K. Porritt, Hilles librarian, it's already too late. "We took up the carpeting on August 9, after the summer school program," Miss Porritt said yesterday. "The tiling was ordered in mid-August from Spain, and should be here in a week or two," she added...
...carpeting had been completely ruined last year by food and drinks spilled by students coming from the coffeehouse, Miss Porritt said. "I know that cork is not as soft to sit on," she added, "but sanitary reasons were paramount. We were faced with the problems of bugs...
Because new study tables, chairs, and easy chairs take three to four months to be delivered, they will probably not arrive until June, Mrs. Porritt said...
...Porritt predicted that the opening of Lamont Library to Cliffies would cut down daytime use of Hilles, but would have no effect on nighttime use. "Why should girls walk all the way down to the Square when they have a library right here?", she asked...