Word: burtness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Byrnes of Spartanburg, S. C. took charge of the bill. "I'd rather have Jimmy Byrnes on my side than any other ten Senators," said Lindsay Warren, and the tribute was well earned. For two days a parliamentary battle was fought over the bill. At one point Senator Burt Wheeler of Montana succeeded in amending it to require both Houses' approval of every reorganization move by the President, by vote of 45-to-44. But after two days' smart maneuvering, Jimmy Byrnes got the amendment stricken out by vote of 46-to-44. The bill, substantially...
...music is tuneful, if not outstanding, and the best songs are probably "That's the Girl For Me", "La Camarisita," a tango written and played by David S. Burt '40, and "A Fool Was I"; some of the best lyrics we have heard in any college show are those to "We Planned It That Way." Throughout the show, the choreography, though it sometimes descends to every man for himself, is amusing and particularly so in the finale to the First Act in which hirsute and be-gartered athletes disport themselves in the can-can; another outstanding number is a waltz...
Three of the outstanding numbers are a gastronomic comment on amorous disillusionment, "Love is Like a Pickle in a Barrel," a modern love ballad, "Let's Agree to Disagree," and an original tango written and played on the accordion with the orchestra by tennist David S. Burt '40, entitled "La Camarisita" (The Cute Little Chambermaid...
Commuter Silverman tied Burt of the Elephants as each scored nine points. The brilliant playing of Perry and Milton, however, was more than enough to balance the work of the Commuters. Superior Eliot teamwork turned the game into a second half rout of the Dudley...
...game. Eliot was ahead at the half by one point but the Commuters came back to lead at the end of the third quarter by five points. Then Bob Westheimer came into the game to score the winning goals for the Elephants. David Burt was the high scorer with ten points...