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Mary H. Winslow, director of residence, Mary G. Paget, co-ordinator of recreational activities, and Robert B. Gates, director of buildings and grounds, jointly decided to close the Field House after keys to it had been continually lost and duplicated. Watchmen had also reported that students climbed through windows after hours...
Radcliffe night watchmen have also reported that various students sometimes remained in the building after midnight. Some climbed in through the windows after hours. The situation prompted one Radcliffe official to term the Field House, "a necking hangout...
...curried lamb and spiced pilau would be served to voters and their families, some homes were so crowded that the government dusted off an old regulation forbidding more than 35 guests to be served at a time. Well-heeled candidates even rented elegant bungalows and hired entertainers and night watchmen, aiming to keep voters out of reach of other candidates until the time came to haul them to the polls...
Getting down to specifics, the RGA discussed how the new plan would work out in detail. Many girls worried that the sign-in books would not be properly checked after 1 a.m., since night watchmen check only every other hour and night be prevented from doing even his much on a busy night...
...churches by Sir Christopher Wren. But by World War II it had become more and more a place in which to work rather than to live; the nighttime population was down to 8,000, and after the blitz there were only 5,000, many of them caretakers and night watchmen. But there were still the remains of 40 churches. What to do with them...