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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...some phases of undergraduate life. "What a travesty it all is" exclaims Alida K. L. Milliken, indignant champion of the simpler life, referring to the modern social swirl and "its youth, the victims of exploiters who commercialize it." According to this observer, the stag line is forced to the demon rum to sustain the early morning hours, while no spark of humanity lightens the chatter of female upon female, the monotony of drink upon drink. The debutante, overshadowed by the impersonal magnitude of her hospitality, loses the spontaneity that might have kept the stage from the bottle and thus broken...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A BEAR MARKET AT BEST | 2/20/1930 | See Source »

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