Word: shermanism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Only five minutes more was the officially recognized time limit for Radcliffe girls to entertain late-returning male-escorts within their dormitories--until last Monday night. But in a mass meeting two nights ago at Agassiz Hall, with Dean Mildred P. Sherman presiding, "keep the wolf at the door" was ratified by the entire student body...
...process of saying goodnight has degenerated," declared Dean Sherman before an appreciative audience, explaining that loose interpretation of the law forced its redefinition. Radcliffe Houses will be no man's land after 10 o'clock on weekdays and 11 o'clock on Sundays, as fond nocturnal farewells become an outdoor sport...
Indicating the approval of the board of hall presidents, Miss Marjorie Larsen, Radcliffe '47, of Briggs, joined Dean Sherman on the platform. Tightening of discipline was initiated by the house presidents' board along with the administration...
Eliot Hall president Miss Suzanne Carter, Radcliffe '49, commended Dean Sherman's approach to the problem of dorm sitters last night. "House mothers will no longer be puzzled about what we have to say to a man for two hours or so on the sofa," she said' "after we have spent the whole evening with...
...Dean Sherman conjectured that the increment in college imbibing might be due in part to the enlarged veteran complement. Servicemen's threats have been inured to such potent potions as "jungle juice" and the high concentrations achieved by amateur distillers with fermenting fruit in closed gasoline tins. Such concoctions passed the "pressure purity test" when they blew off the sealed...