Word: sanctums
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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They vanished from Geneva, Switzerland, as suddenly and as mysteriously as Donald MacLean and Guy Burgess had vanished from their posts in the inner sanctum of the British Foreign Office. Where had they gone...
...paper's office moved around a good bit in those days (1304 Mass. Avenue in 1895, the Union basement in 1901, 14 Plympton St. in 1915), but wherever it went there was a Sanctum, a center of exuberance and conviviality. As FDR put it in his report for an early CRIMSON catalog, "There was much fear expressed that the new quarters (the Union) would take away the esprit de corps which had grown up in the old Sanctum, and also that no punch nights could be held in the Union. Both fears have proved to be groundless...
...paper's social aspect has always been so important that the early constitution set aside $100 for "a spring party" and up to $70 for the Sanctum punches. Though no longer provided for in the constitution, parties and dances still rock the building at 14 Plympton...
Competition arose to test this sense of purpose; in 1984 the "Daily News" was founded. After a bitter rivalry the newcomer folded in 1895 and loyal Crimeds from miles around flocked to the Sanctum to celebrate under the hastily-constructed banner, "No News is Good News...
Their position in the inner sanctum of student life has made them a treasured. Whenever the maids are mentioned, there is a smile and a reflection of little incidents spaced through four years of College. Some tell of the sure-headed devil-may-care who drank his liquor and told him off for breeches of the sanitary code. Others look back on the motherly type, who darns socks, gives advice on problems of the heart, and adds a woman's touch to the mantle-piece display. Almost everyone, in fact, stereotypes his maid in terms of his own, when...