Word: affair
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Music of Artie Ross and his orchestra, the first Freshman social affair since '46's Jubilee last spring will get underway at 3 o'clock tomorrow night in the Lowell House dining Room for an expected capacity crowd. Sponsored by the '47 Freshman Committee, the dance is for the civilian first year men, V-12 Freshmen, the AST Reserves, and their guests...
There is a plot, if you're the type that insists on formalities--a sort of dishwater affair about a soldier of 1918 vintage, his son, a girl or two, and some other people we didn't happen to notice. But despite the Hollywood additions, "This Is the Army" is still a stage show, a great spectacle with a top-notch array of talent. The soldier cherns makes like Fred Waring only better, and many of the individual stars are superb...
...defunct Vanity Fair and who is now a C. N. "editorial adviser." But Vogue is chiefly run by women, most of whom keep their hats on daylong as they work, thus give the appearance of being ready to take flight at any moment for some chichi affair...
Planned originally as a medium for carrying out the Committee's policy of integrating more closely the various units of the Class of '47, the Dance is going a bit further by being the only College affair during the last football weekend of the year. The Committee expects this singularity to increase the attendance, thus making both the policy and the Dance successful...
With all aspects planned as in previous years, the only noticeable change will be that caused by the inclusion of uniformed Freshmen of the Navy V-12 Unit. Attended by a few upper-class Cliffe-dwellers and members of the PBH Cabinet, the affair is primarily designed as a welcoming meeting for newcomers to the Cambridge scene...