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...only the men from Winthrop House. Latest attempt by the Puritan Prom sponsors to help relax those undergraduates afflicted with that dread disease "the reading rattle," the impromptu bleating succeeded in waking up half a dozen Widener nappers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yard Squirrels Pick Puritans To Reduce Rattle Resources | 4/24/1947 | See Source »

Upholding the affirmative were Oliver K. Burrows '50 and Charles H. Tilly '50, while E. C. Sterling McKittrick '50 and Christopher Moore '50 defended the negative. Following the debate, an impromptu discussion of the topic and related matters was held...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Union Debate Held | 3/21/1947 | See Source »

Georgia reacted noisily. Hundreds of citizens gathered at impromptu meetings to attack Hummon. Two thousand students from eight Georgia colleges marched on the capitol, hanged Hummon in effigy, and bayed from the street outside. And the state assembly lagged in carrying out Hummon's orders for a white primary bill; so many of his legislative backers left town one day that Thompson's minority was almost able to vote a long recess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GEORGIA: Double Trouble | 2/3/1947 | See Source »

...floor marched a file of Irish bagpipers, each playing a different tune, and followed cacophonously by a swaying, cheering chain of drunks. Several floats joined the procession, but only one created much impression. It carried, along with half a dozen sylphs in cheesecloth, two hefty, blowzy nudes, obviously an impromptu inspiration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Splendid Revival | 1/13/1947 | See Source »

Kirkland House's "The Provoked Wife" featured mellow and impromptu acting, voluptuous females in Sam Mantel and Dick Mannick in revealing Restoration garb, and "master of the company" Hammond portraying an especially suited Justice of the Peace role, in the hilarity directed by Al Olsen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Finley, Hammond Hit Boards In House Theatrical Orgies | 12/19/1946 | See Source »

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