Word: students
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...exactly the percentage of upperclassmen that don't make the grade for membership at Princeton's 17 eating clubs. Now mix this somewhat unpleasant statistic with the good intentions of Dean Francis R. B. Godolphin an intelligent and righteous man toss in the disgruntled mumbling of the student press, and spice with at least at least a few changes of discrimination and unfairness from students and alumni; you'll find yourself with the same appetizing that new faces both the administration of Princeton and the Club members and alumni...
Those who oppose the adoption of any system that would force the clubs to encompass the entire upper class student body, can counter with many proofs that the present system is fine and cannot be changed because of over-crowding and should not be changed because it violates the clubs' prerogatives to choose whom they like...
...clubs actually have much to offer materially. In a college located in a small town, they supply almost 100 percent of the student's social activities. Meals run at about $1650 to $1750 a week, are served by waitresses on linen table cloths, and are tastier than those served in many restaurants. Inter-club sports are amazingly organized, with the annual trophy one of the most highly respected honors for a club to possess. Inter-club dances also afford entertainment in a town that boasts not one nightclub. Over-night accommodations for visiting girls are also arranged in the clubhouse...
...girls, who are student nurses at a local hospital, said they had "an impulse" to see Bert, who has bright red hair. One of them know Bert and suggested "it would be tremendous" if nine boys walked in on her. Bert, she reasoned would surely appreciate nine girls walking...
Walter Gropius, professor of Architecture, and one of the designers of the new Graduate Student Center, urged American colleges to stop "reviving revivals" in designs of their new campus buildings last night. He was speaking before the Harvard Engineering Society's dinner meeting at the Harvard Club...