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...Britannia rode the crest of the wave. As cannons roared a royal salute, thousands of visitors thronged the Crystal Palace to gape at its wonders-the industrial triumphs of the steam age, as well as a champagne made from rhubarb, a knife with 300 blades, and the original Turkish towel (which so pleased Britain's Queen that she ordered six dozen...
Yale's get-tough policy consists of separate stencilling of each towel, limited allotments to visiting teams, and "a routine vacation check of all rooms." The check resulted in the recovery of 200 missing towels...
James Farrell, head of the supply room in Dillon Field House, reported that Harvard has had probably the "littlest towel loss" in the Ivy League. "Our system has worked for the last 20 years. It's surprising that the other schools haven't adopted...
...system consists of carefully checking out each initial towel and not supplying a new one except in exchange for the old towel. Yale, previous to the get-tough policy, had merely placed its towels on a large center table, allowing anyone needing one to take it freely...
Despite this honor system towel loss is only slightly greater than in Dillon...