Radcliffe Freshman Finds Cambridge What She Expected; Amazed by Untidy Harvard Students

She said she went into the thing with her eyes wide open, but never "expected to find so many unattractive Harvard men."

That was while she was in the Coop waiting in line to join, and the interviewer thought she looked like a Freshman.

"They're so untidy; their knees and elbows stick out in the wrong places. I felt like buying some of them a new hat."

Not Typical

Perhaps that was what the typical Radcliffe first year student was expected to say, though she doesn't consider herself typical. If she's lucky she may meet some more prepossessing boys later on.

Not that she doesn't expect to. Why else have Boston connections? and this is no chicken from Dayton, Ohio. She's a New Yorker.

Still, she didn't come all the way up here from Gotham just to meet the Harvard boys; after all her native city is much nearer Yale students and Princeton men.

Radcliffe No Campus College

No, she was darned if she wanted to live a campus life on any rah rah girls' campus. Radcliffe can listen to lectures by some of the world's leading scholars. Radcliffe has a University atmosphere and is near an important cultural city.

That's why she came; and Radcliffe hasn't disappointed her a bit. It's just what she supposed she would find (even if the Harvardians are not.) The girls are very nice, the teachers are nice, and the food is awful.

Surprised by Radicalism

Further than that, she was frankly surprised and even a little shocked by the radicalism of the place. The very first day she was there somebody put communist literature under her door and in the mail box.

She's going out for the Choral Society but otherwise won't get signed up for any extra-curricular activity. Just going to study and live quietly in her little apartment house.

In short, a typical Radcliffe Freshman.