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...public high school, and there are only three theaters in the entire town. When seeking relief from the academic life, therefore, the average Princeton man invariably turns to his club. There he not only takes all his meals, but forms friendships, watches television, plays squash or bridge or ping-pong, drinks, parties, holds bull sessions, and even studies. Unless he's on a varsity team, its intramural program is his only athletic outlet, and, when he becomes an alumnus, its activities will form the foci for found memories, homecoming weekends, and pleas for financial support. More than any other part...
...Real Dope. In Manhattan, Dishwasher Ping Wing, 72, arrested for possession of narcotics, told police: "I've been using heroin for 55 years, and I've never felt better...
...Pool and ping-pong tables, bicycle racks, uniforms, pianos, and many other things which keep a House from being a mere dormitory and dining room are maintained and often provided by its House Committee. Most members take this equipment for granted, as they have been led to do by the general promise of the House system. Yet only part of its cost is absorbed in House budgets. House Committees must seek the rest in voluntary contributions...
...adult bestsellers. Where an adult novel usually achieves its peak sales within six months of publication and then drops off to virtually nothing, the successful children's book-e.g., Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden (1909), Marjorie Flack's China-flavored The Story About Ping (1933), E. B. White's gentle Charlotte's Web (1952)-goes right on selling a steady 10,000 to 20.000 copies a year. One of Simon & Schuster's Little Golden Books, The Poky Little Puppy (illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren), has sold 5.000,000 copies in 15 years...
...Artist Chaliapin says he meant to illustrate neither Yang nor Yin, simply ping and pong...