Word: arens
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Harlow was apparently rather pleased with the results of his vernal drills, especially since "none of the boys got hurt"; but all the problems aren't solved. The graduation of Jack Fisher and Ed Davis leave two pretty big holes in the forward wall...
About 50 shoulder-padded huskies came out for workouts over the six-week period and absorbed some of the newer wrinkles of the Harlow system. But spring practice never means very much; there aren't any crowds...
Trouble No. 1. Detroit Builder George Miller knows why houses aren't selling: a house he could build in 1940 for $5,090 costs $9,990 today. The NHA index of building costs for a standard house stood at 137.4 (1935-39 average = 100) on V-J day (see chart). In the next 18 months it jumped as much as it had in the previous six years. But the real shocker was the way costs had skyrocketed in the last six months...
...engineers bore up well under the strain of quipsters' "Your programs aren't so hot any more," but soon found that the signal still flew out to Watertown. After a brief experiment with House drain pipes, they hit on the present scheme of piping programs through the University's electric lighting system. At present, extension cords reach only into the seven Houses, but only funds and wire are lacking for Yard coverage. Technical Director T. Michael Sanders '48 expects to have the project completed some time next fall...
Meanwhile across town, Ernest I. SlyocC, always the first to leave and the last to return, had this to say about travel conditions: "Well yes, they certainly are aren't they. But yes! Ha! Ha! They definitely are. And it's a good thing...