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Cried Mayor Walmsley: "Huey Long . . . that madman! . . . coward! . . . pirate! . . . Caligula! . . . Nero! Attila! Henry VIII! Louis...
When William the Conqueror was fighting the Battle of Hastings (1066) bearded bards in Wales were taking crwth (pronounced crowd) in hand, sawing a short bow over its strings, singing verses. When Henry VIII was dangling Anne Boleyn on his knees, he often called for his favorite virginal player, listened to thin tinkling music from a small piano-like keyboard. The "Three Musicians'' in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (1594) regaled Elizabethans with harsh, screechy fiddling on rebecs. Milton and Pepys praised the pennywhistle notes of the fipple. Persians were plucking lutes before Attila ravaged Gaul. Crusaders brought dulcimers back...
Like the Red Book it begins with a rogue's gallery with pert and pungent little quips beside the velvet-draped likeness and a list of activities such as "Badminton, Hospitality Committee, Member of Class VIII Judicial Board, Associate Justice, and Track Team...
...Edson, Sec. 4, 39, Conf. Group IV Memorial Hall Mr. Fowler, Sec. 5, 15, Conf. Group V Memorial Hall Mr. Gleason, Sec. 16, 27, Conf. Group VI New Lect. Hall Mr. Hoeing, Sec. 7, 21, Conf. Group VII New Lect. Hall Mr. Jones, Sec. 22, 28, Conf. Group VIII New Lect. Hall Mr. Lewis, Sec. 9, 17, Conf. Group IX New Lect. Hall Mr. Matterson, Sec. 10, 23, Conf. Group X Geol. Lect. Rm. Mr. Schwarz, Sec. 18, 38, Conf. Group XI Geol. Lect. Rm. Mr. Southgate, Sec. 12, 19, Conf. Group XII Fogg Large Rm. Mr. Whitehill...
...Conf. Group III Memorial HallMr. Edson, Sec, 4, 39, Conf. Group IV Memorial HallMr. Fowler, Sec, 5, 15, Conf. Group V Memorial HallMr. Gleason, Sec, 16, 27, Conf. Group VI New Lect. HallMr. Hoeing, Sec, 7, 21, Conf. Group VII New Lect. HallMr. Jones, Sec, 22, 28, Conf. Group VIII New Lect. HallMr. Lewis, Sec, 9, 17, Conf. Group IX New Lect. HallMr. Matterson, Sec, 10, 23, Conf. Group X Geol. Lect. Rm.Mr. Schwarz, Sec, 18, 38, Conf. Group XI Geol. Lect. Rm.Mr. Southgate, Sec, 12, 19, Conf. Group XII Fogg Large Rm.Mr. Whitehill, Sec, 13, 25, Conf. Group XIII...