Monday, Nov. 17, 1947
Girls Are Girls
The three Dartmouth men had a date at Smith, and no place to spend the night.
One of them ended up by wangling a bed in the Northampton jail. That convinced them that what the college man needed was a guide to women's college towns, telling where to eat, sleep and dance.
Their book, For Men Lonely, by Wil liam Jones, Donald Mose and Richard O'Riley (Ripley Publishing Co., Hanover, N.H.; $1), came out last week. It covered twelve eastern women's colleges,/- included maps of each campus and hints on how to act there: "The Vassar campus boasts everything from a nine-story Tudor dormitory to the unhappy Victorian 'Main' Building--a tender spot to loyal Vassarians, so try and keep a straight face when you see it." Other tips: P: Wellesley : "The major pastime is long walks . . . with a little ingenuity you can stay lost all day." P: Skidmore: "A few precautions should be taken. . . . All is lost, if you try to take in the ponies [Skidmore is at Saratoga Springs] and the Skid girls the same weekend. They both flash those big brown eyes, and you're a broken man." P: Bryn Mawr: "Traditional hangout of scholarly women. . . . But girls are girls, these are just a little smarter." P: Bennington: ". . . The rules for progressive education clearly state that girls can party all night. . . . It's a long trip, but they could move Bennington to the Belgian Congo and we'd still go. You're dating a woman of the world." P: Connecticut College for Women: "If you haven't majored in bridge, you might as well forget about Connecticut. . . . 'Godliness is next to Culbertson.' "
/- The twelve: Smith, Bennington, Wheaton, Bradford, Skidmore,Wellesley, Vassar, Radcliffe, Bryn Mawr, Pine Manor, Mount Holyoke, Connecticut.
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