Word: arens
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...reason is that square dancing is a friendly way of meeting friendly people. Said George Norton, president of the Northern California Square Dancers Association (103 clubs, 11,000 members): "Just watch how those people come into contact with one another and smile. These aren't profound friendships, but they're easy ones to make and wonderful ones to enjoy." Consequently, square dancers tend to be middle-aged couples in the kind of jobs that include little social life...
...getting a wider and higher quality applicant group from the high schools, he said. What is less well recognized is that the private schools "have undergone a remarkable transformation in the last few years. The same fellows who came here from Andover and Exeter five years ago just aren't even applying now," he said...
...were Speaker John McCormack and his whips that the bill would pass that they failed to make sure of their votes. Unaware that the Administration attached much importance to the bill, many Congressmen decided to strike a money-saving pose. Said one Representative: "It was an economy vote. There aren't any Philippine votes in our districts." But there are plenty of votes in the Philippines. Immediately after the bill's defeat, tough, corruption-fighting President Macapagal canceled his trip to the U.S., silencing foes who have criticized him for being too pro-American. Chagrined by the setback...
Some of the descriptions of the Houses are good--the one on Adams, for example, is accurate. Some aren't so hot, though. The section on Quincy House is frightening--full of talk about how "student-tutor" and "student-student relations" are on the up and up--while the description of Leverett is absurd, a wretched little parody of Huck Finn. There are far too many shots of people playing pool...
...less cloying and the photography richer in the section on "Activities." It's such a relief to see pictures of people for a change. Elsewhere, the Yearbook's photographers have invested heavily in shots of architecture, and while they do walls and doors and towers very nicely, these pictures aren't very interesting. Some of the "Sports" action shots are really exciting, and there is an absorbing, but kind of muddled, article on Harvard Athletics by Mike Lottman. (The Yearbook metes out a piece of wry justice in its section on "Magazines": it misquotes a CRIMSON editor...