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Their position in the inner sanctum of student life has made them a treasured. Whenever the maids are mentioned, there is a smile and a reflection of little incidents spaced through four years of College. Some tell of the sure-headed devil-may-care who drank his liquor and told him off for breeches of the sanitary code. Others look back on the motherly type, who darns socks, gives advice on problems of the heart, and adds a woman's touch to the mantle-piece display. Almost everyone, in fact, stereotypes his maid in terms of his own, when...
Even when, as on a Monday morning, the maid is greeted by broken glasses, soggy cigarette butts, and popcorn crushed underfoot, students assume no swinish proportions in their eyes. They can toss their clothes into a corner and leave them there to rot, but they are still "my boys" to the maids...
...average maid is a bit over 45 years old, comes from Cambridge, Somerville, or Arlington, and has a family. She usually takes the four-hour a day job to augment her family income. Some maids have even sent sons through College on their making salary, and extra funds from taking in students' washing...
...contest marks the maid system's 270th year as a College institution...
...House committees will meet tomorrow night to select the best-liked maid in their House. Anyone who believes his maid should be the favorite should list the extra services performed by her and reasons why she should be chosen. The lists should be submitted to members of the House Committees...