[This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald]@TWC D-Link bookThis Side of Paradise CHAPTER 4 3/60
The club presidents are holding a meeting to-night to see if they can find a joint means of combating it." "Well, what's the idea of the thing ?" "Oh, clubs injurious to Princeton democracy; cost a lot; draw social lines, take time; the regular line you get sometimes from disappointed sophomores.
Woodrow thought they should be abolished and all that." "But this is the real thing ?" "Absolutely.
I think it'll go through." "For Pete's sake, tell me more about it." "Well," began Tom, "it seems that the idea developed simultaneously in several heads.
I was talking to Burne awhile ago, and he claims that it's a logical result if an intelligent person thinks long enough about the social system.
They had a 'discussion crowd' and the point of abolishing the clubs was brought up by some one--everybody there leaped at it--it had been in each one's mind, more or less, and it just needed a spark to bring it out." "Fine! I swear I think it'll be most entertaining.
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