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...mustache. Sometimes for three nights running he would drink four to six quarts of sake at a Tokyo geisha house called the Big Bamboo. He lavished so much money on his favorite geisha and attendant guests that the owner was able to add a brand-new two-story annex. Wrote Shinso's reporter: "I looked around at the rich artistic material used in building the annex, and when I reflected it all had been paid for with the money of poor working people, I felt a cold fury pass down my spine...
...Barbara C. Gurd, Radcliffe College Physician, did not disclose details of when and how the Annex program would be handled, but she said further information would be available in the dormitories this week...
Neither Nancy Homer nor any of her classmates will have to worry about losing her "individuality." For the nine previous winners, however, President Jordan's ruling will make no difference. If, indeed, they were typical Annex girls--and many think they weren't--those nine classes must have enjoyed fascinating careers at Radcliffe...
...opinions of these and other girls will make no difference. The Miss Radcliffe contest, an annual CRIMSON-sponsored event, will be no more. 'Cliffe President Wilbur K. Jordan officially killed it this summer, acting on the recommendation of the Radcliffe Student Government Association and the Board of Deans. Annex freshman are now forbidden to enter the traditional contest. The reason: "It was incompatible with other college policy to have one girl represent the entire College, which is what had come to be expected of the Miss Radcliffe Contest...
...title of "Miss Radcliffe" was first given to Rachel Mellinger '52 the following year. Again the "prettiest annex freshman" from a class of 239 was chosen at the PBH tea dance...