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Over 200 past and present editors are expected at 14 Plympton Street throughout the afternoon for "Puncheon." At 7 o'clock the company will shift to the dinning hall of Adams House for the banquet, at which George A. Weller '29 will serve as toastmaster...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Conant, Grew, Fuerbringer, Amory Top Crime's 'Seventy-Fifth' June 8 | 5/27/1948 | See Source »

...consoling factor is the almost definite shift in the trial site to Princeton's Lake Carnegic, the best course in the East. Bolles and every other coach have spent most of their spare time this spring trying to convince the Olympic committee that the original site on the turbulent and muck-filled Schuylkill River was not the place for such a momentous event...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Crimson Sports | 5/27/1948 | See Source »

...chief reason for the radical shift in Radcliffe figures, according to the survey, seems to stem from the trend in Radcliffe marriages. Only 59 percent of the 'Cliffe Class of 1923 is married, while 72 percent of the Class of 1938 has already achieved marital bliss...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard, Radcliffe Hopes Rise in Birth Rate Derby | 5/25/1948 | See Source »

When box-office receipts fall off, as they did last month, movie exhibitors try not to blame the product. In Washington, D.C., for example, last fortnight's slump was traced to the start of daylight saving time (the time shift did not seem to unsettle moviegoers in other cities). In St. Louis, the slump was blamed on bad weather; in San Francisco, on good weather. Elsewhere, exhibitors spoke vaguely of "seasonal influences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Reason: Season | 5/17/1948 | See Source »

Student reaction to the shift was generally unfavorable, and talk of boycotting the commencement proceedings were not infrequent. "It appears that our commencement is being turned into a political track meet," Charles R. McDonald, a member of the Senior Class Council declared...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: U of C Seniors Cry 'Politics' At Commencement Day Shift | 5/12/1948 | See Source »

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