Word: smithing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Every once and a while, however, someone will get stuck in Stillman for weks on end; it is then that the place loses much of its charm. Recently this happened in the case of a student named Smith...
...Smith entered early this spring with a Strep throat, was issued his pajamas and water, absorbent little gray cotton slippers, and put on a three-hour penicillin schedule. His fever promptly dropped, and he, too, began to beg to get out. But Strep throats are tricky things, and Stillman care is cautions. Smith stayed in the small respiratory ward three weeks; the first week was the best. He discovered a batch of jig-saw puzzles thoughtfully placed on a shelf in the ward, and completed the lot, though all were marked with "seven damn pieces missing" or similar discouraging comments...
...read through a fine collection of 25 cent pocket books, found in another corner of the room; they had titles like "Fifi' or "The Impatient Virgin." And every day brought the 6:30 thermometer. It grew increasingly tough. Smith pattered around the ward, suggesting that tottering arrivals be "placed immediately in bed." He frequently curled up in his covers and moaned "morphine, morphine,' in a pained-wracked voice. He waggled his fingers at feverish flu-victims and solemnly pronounced "Leprosy." He played cards until he found he knew all the cards from the back. He read patients each others fever...
...Smith's final discharge was unusually quick, when it did come. But now he describes his stay with near-longing in his voice, "It wasn't a bad life--if you didn't need any sleep...
Varsity--stroke, Smith; 7, Barrett; 6, Potter; 5, Clark; 4, Grosvenor; 3, Bordman; 2, Menslage; bow, Allen; cox, Osborne...