Word: affairs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Limmer ski boots, approaching in their field the status of Louisville Sluggers in baseball, have brought respect and renown to Peter and his boot-making family. The Limmer boots are definitely a family affair; his wife and two sons work along with him in the production of these eagerly-sought downhill delights. Working as a team, Peter, his wife, and his sons, Peter Jr. and Francis, yearly turn over 100 pairs of handmade ski boots, spending the rest of their working time on his equally famous one-piece walking shoes and climbing boots...
This consists of a rally, a football game, and a night of club-supplied merriment, interspersed liquidly at pre-arranged times. The club affair usually includes a dance, but many members amuse their dates with billiards, bridge, or an educational hour at the television screen...
...committee would like to hold the affair in the Indoor Athletic Building but the fire rules there would limit the capacity to 800 couples. Hazel pointed out that the Freshman Jubilee drew 435 couples last May, and the Key plans to extend invitations to all of the Harvard graduate schools as well as Radcliffe...
Officials set the early date, Miss Bagby said, in order to have the Harvard Band on hand for the affair. A new angle to the festivities this year, she added, will be costumes required for all members of the song groups...
...supper, scheduled for December 14 in Agassiz will consist only of dessert and coffee this year, but will be free. Since the affair is the one all-college get-together aside from formal opening, the Sophomores felt that no admission should be charged. Regular dinner will be served in the dormitories before the supper and an effort will be made to invite as many commuters as possible...