'53 Best-Mannered Class in 3 Years, Say Grateful Yard Doughnut Sellers

University maids may say that the freshman class is the messiest, but William Clark '51 and Archibald C. Coolidge '51 will stand up any time for the good manners of the Class of 1953.

Clark and Coolidge are in a good position to judge, since six nights weekly they make the rounds of the Yard dorms, selling milk and doughnuts to hungry freshmen. "That can be a pretty rough job," says Clark. "Some years the fellows have given us a lot of unpleasantness. But this year's freshman class is the best I've ever seen."

The main trouble, according to Coolidge, comes from the whistle that he and Clark use to announce their arrival. "We know the fellows resent having their studying interrupted by a blast on that whistle," he said, "but we need something loud enough to reach the top floors of buildings like Matthews."

No Water Shortage

Neither man would name the worst mannered dorm, although they recalled beer-can and water bombardments in several. But these have been at a minimum this year. Weld, they agreed, is the most quiet.

Clark and Coolidge have had the doughnut run ever since they were freshmen. The first year they organized the business so that employees did most of the selling. Now, they run the concern themselves, each working three nights a week.