Word: affair
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Sophomores, Benjamin C. Bradlee, George R. Clay, Peter Dunham, Justin J. Haley, F. Barton Harvey, and H. W. Ford King conceived the idea of the Cotillion and would have had to bear the cost of the affair if it had not been financially productive...
However, since the post-examination dance proved to be such a success, the proceeds over and above those required for the immediate expenses of the affair are to be turned over to P. B. H. for the continuation of its philanthropic work...
However, the tendency toward limitation of the scope of the affair will be healthy in two ways, the Council report stated...
...Committee should determine the size and nature of its party according to the funds it can raise itself, through advertising in the program or any other means. Thus an incentive is given to workers on the Committee, and a greater responsibility is shouldered by them for making the affair a success, not simply by buying the services of outside performers exclusively but by exercising their own initiative. The Council further voted to reserve as far as possible any profit from Red Book and Jubilee for financial assistance to the members of the class which created it, thus insuring that each...
Typical of the events narrated in the tale is the Dunster House riot of 1936, in which the janitor was nearly beaten to death. As it was, he lost the sight of both eyes. Apted nearly lost his job as a result of the affair, but retained it through wholehearted student support. Another incident is the threat against President Lowell's life during the Sacco-Vanzetti trial...