Word: raymor
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...Debs, Raymor...
Smiling superciliously he thought of the innocents of '46, their relations with the women aided and abetted by the Dean's Office. No such help when he came here; he had gone through the standard technique, phoning Wellesley after carefully thumbing the Year Book. He had visited the Raymor and met a girl who explained fully why she preferred Cary Grant to Spencer Tracy. The sound of Wrigley's Spearmint masticated to conga rhythm had become the usual price of a stag weekend. All that suffering had been spared these Freshmen...
...basic facts of Harvard life are, of course, and old story to the upperclassmen. The actors and the scenery may have changed a bit from the usual standard of the fall and winter terms, but the locale and the traditions will be much the same. Symphony Hall and the Raymor are still snuggled together on Huntington Avenue, Radcliffe is still up beyond the Common, and the Yard hasn't moved from its age-old position between Mass Avenue and Memorial Hall. But this year Symphony seems to go on forever, and the Yard is filled with Army and Navy officers...
...Boston feminity is divided into three parts--debs, Raymor girls, and others...
...Raymor is as much an unofficial part of Harvard as its next-door neighbor on Huntington Avenue, Symphony Hall. It is inhabited by lonely girls who are just aching for a dancing partner. You pay $.50 to get in and then you ask whom you will to dance. There are no more charges, and you may escort the young lady to her home if you wish, and if she's willing...