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Around the world, there were unmistakable signs that something was afoot...
...decreasing undergraduate enthusiasm for joining fraternities. The total number of men being "rushed" last fall was the lowest in five years. The houses are reportedly filled to only 77 per cent of capacity, and some are in serious difficulty. Fraternity alumni, alarmed at the trend, see a nefarious plot afoot. Joseph Hinshaw past President of the Illinois Bar Association, recently discussed the problems facing fraternities today and called upon them to utilize their "basic strengths-their family-like unity, their selectiveness, and their high standards of conduct-to face hostile leftist forces...
...Light friends vehemently deny this charge, say that the reason for the rise in nudism is that "we feel less observed when we're naked." Elsewhere in Europe this summer, Teutonic tourists in the raw have been all too well observed; on the Riviera, police in helicopters and afoot have been hard pressed to keep them in clothes. However, they have settled one question that has long tickled European imaginations: most Germans look better with their clothes off than with their Lederhosen...
Only when the price of Celotex began moving up last week did Wall Street generally guess what was afoot. By week's end, Celotex shares had risen from a 1962 low of 16¼ to 26⅛, leaving Ruberoid's $25 offer behind. Jim Walter seemed well on the way to his avowed purpose of getting 51% of Celotex. Which only goes to show once again that when it comes to courting, it's the quiet ones you've got to watch...
...Market, nat ural barriers are also crumbling. Some where under Mont Blanc next fall, French and Italian engineers will com plete the world's longest (7¼ miles) vehicular tunnel, which will cut 194 miles from the 581-mile auto journey from Paris to Milan. Plans are also afoot for a joint Anglo-French tunnel under the English Channel. Last week the tunnel trend continued as France and Spain announced plans to pierce the Pyrenees. Just under two miles long, the proposed tunnel (see map) will lop off 145 miles from the present 385-mile road trip from Toulouse...