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Sep 01, 2007 15:24

"When a national survey in 1917 reported that the majority of college coeds listed financial affluence as their primary requirement of a suitable mate, the Oregonian decided to survey Reed coeds. Consistent with the college's noncomformist image, Reed women ranked intellect as their number-one criterion in a mate. Specifically, that the man be ( Read more... )

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besserby September 1 2007, 22:31:31 UTC
Interesting. And amusing. I wonder how close the percentages were and what other colleges had the same result :)

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ulriquinho September 1 2007, 23:48:01 UTC
I just read that issue this morning. What an awesome issue. It was all quite interesting!

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wheniwasjersey September 2 2007, 00:38:07 UTC
what did the men say?

c.

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besserby September 2 2007, 07:10:33 UTC
The men said they wanted to restrict suffrage and come home from WWI.

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paper_tzipporah September 2 2007, 08:55:16 UTC
FABULOUS COMMENT.

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