Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Born in Russia, Shahn emigrated to this country when he was eight. He grew up in Brooklyn, which provided a background for his painting and nurtured his social concern. During his varied career he has worked as a lithographer's apprentice, an assistant to Diego Rivera, a photographer for the government, a "commercial" artist, a union propagandist, and just as a simple artist concerned with people and the changing human situation...
Life in the dorms is not all work and no play, however. Each girl pays compulsory dorm dues, and can get her money's worth by attending the hall's social functions. These include the famed twice-yearly Jolly-Ups, Sunday afternoon tea hours, and weekly open-house nights, when the dorm stays open until midnight in stead of the usual 10 p.m. After dinner sociability takes the form of demi-tasse in the living room, with the head resident pouring coffee into miniscule cups...
...Social Highlights...
Highlights of the all-college social functions are the Chairstmas and Spring formals. These weekends include the rare treat of entertaining young men in one's individual room, but only from 2 to 4 on Sunday afternoon. Here again, the Radcliffe girl is plagued by the community, for she must leave her door open while she entertains...
Signing in and out of the dorm is done on the honor system, with each girl owning a key to the front door. Warnings are issued for tardiness up to 15 minutes, and later violations are punished by "social pro." This means that the offender must endure one Saturday night of staying in the dorm...