Word: vag
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Once out of the office, Vag looked through his pockets for a lead on what to do next. Nothing but a pack of cigarettes, so he lit one and started to Widener, thinking vaguely of a book he'd been trying to get for three weeks; it was still on reserve for a fall term course, last time he'd tried. The sun was hot through his wool jacket, and the new grass was coming softly through the raked brown earth. The steps of Widener were wide and white, he thought, starting up--in all the years, though, he hadn...
...room, Vag pulled down the shade, then let it up again. The bookease was empty, but an old copy of Time (with an airline president on the cover) was on the table, and he picked it up, but that only lasted five minutes. The Tribune was good for fifteen more. Then he walked through the firedoor to the other end of the adjoining room, and then he walked back. Everybody was in the books, and finals were a few days away. He took out a laundry slip and the bag, but that was silly, if he was leaving the next...
Stepping across the Yard, Vag took a short fix on the Mem Hall clock and suddenly ducked aside, just in time to miss a Radcliffe troop coming the other way. Such happy looks on their faces, he mused--and then almost dropped his pipe. Of course, he thought with a start, the Emancipation Proclamation was in effect--co-education was here to stay. In his daze, he narrowly cleared another covey of skirts and sweaters. He could distinctly hear the 1896 Gate squeaking its hinges in disgust and any time now, the Mem Hall bell would start up a dirge...
With a sigh, Vag circled University Hall and beamed a troubled glance on Old Jawn. Well that was all right--he was still unbowed in his solitary splendor. At least we have our tradition, Vag thought, but now, Fair Harvard, when thy sons to thy jubilee throng, the masculine spirit of year will be somewhat diluted. Those mellow occasions when the alumni used to contemplate "the good times we had with Copey" would have a strange air about them now when they realized there were others (he straightened his tie) who shared the same memories. Was that fair? There would...
...Vag shook his head. First they won suffrage and now--This. He might get used to the idea in time, but it would take quite a while. And what's more, he thought, as he knocked the heel from his pipe, he would always live in fear of seeing girl cheerleaders at the next Harvard-Yale game...