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Harrison Irving, the Trumans' Negro yardman, took a dim view of the whole business. "I'm the nervous type," he confided. "I ain't never been in any of this big time stuff before. I'm going to be plumb scared to death by them secret-service...
Both camps are dead-sure of victory. Miss O. U. Kidd, Radcliffe '43 (slightly retarded) has come forth with this statement, "What Delilah did to Samson and what Frankie did to Johnnie ain't half of what we're goin' to do to the Crimson crew tomorrow...
Expecting to swamp the CRIMSON's stalwart nine, the hahahasters unwittingly challenged their erstwhile opponents to a meeting on the field of baseball. Realizing his irretrievable error, O. J. Zwoncus '49, Poon prexy, yesterday bemoaned his fate, "Holy cheest, we ain't got a chance...
...with his Cornish remedy for colds ("Hang a boot over foot of bed, go to bed, drink whiskey till you see two boots, go to sleep"), and the genial host, Jack Barrett, full of his customers' reminiscences : one, asked if he never broke his marriage vows, answered, "I ain't never exactly broke 'em, but I've sure give 'em a hell of a twist sometimes." Talk at the Anchor ranged from speculation on how partridges mated ("No man, they say, has ever seen the mating") to admiration of Patton's latest offensive...
...Great, continued her city-to-city commentary on life & love. In Detroit, she was pleased to announce that "the best way to hold a man is in your arms. ... In wartime, love is a little more hysterical. . . . These days I think love is being kicked around too much . . . it ain't lofty enough...