The Plastic Age
''The Plastic Age'' (1924 in literature, 1924) is a novel by Percy Marks that tells the story of Hugh Carver, a student at a fictional men's college called Sanford. With contents that covered or implied hazing, smoking, drinking, partying, and "heavy petting, petting," the book sold well enough to be the second best-selling novel of 1924. The book was, however, banned in Boston. The following year, it was adapted into a film of The Plastic Age (film), the same name, starring Clara Bow. Marks was an English instructor at Brown University at the time of publication. Previously he taught at Dartmouth College and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Brown's administration took offense at the book, which they perceived to be a barely disguised version of Brown, and Marks's teaching contract was not renewed. ''The Plastic Age'' provides a composite image of 1920s campus life with many references to campus traditions at Dartmouth and Brown including bonfires, Beanie (seamed cap)#Hist ...
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