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...receive a 19-gun salute. The farewells were brief and brisk, and, when MacArthur had gripped the last hand, he climbed slowly up the steps to his Constellation, the Bataan. His wife and 13-year-old son Arthur were already aboard. At 7:23 a.m., while the band played Auld Lang Syne, the Bataan roared off into the murky overcast, bound for home...
...Year's Eve, laughing crowds in London's Piccadilly Circus, restored to its prewar dazzle only 18 months ago, gave a full-throated rendition of Auld Lang Syne. The New Year did not stay welcome for long. Last week, with housewives grousing over the latest cut in the meat ration (eight ounces to four ounces weekly), Piccadilly's neon lights were doused by a coal shortage...
...applauded politely, and dwindled. People perked up, though, when Burl Ives appeared to banjo "The Blue Tail Fly," and they joined in the "cracked corn" chorus. Then the dinner chairman arose and introduced a bagpipe band. Cranced necks and scampering children greeted it with curiosity; but when it played "Auld Lang Syne" only a few voices followed the chairman's plea for song. Instead, most people started moving away...
...Auld Acquaintance. In Van Nuys, Calif., Angel Cordova explained why he had smashed a beer bottle through the windshield of Carlos Carrillo's car: "I thought he was a friend of mine who I thought...
...Return to the Middle Ages." Some professors, including Gideonse and George Mead, head of the philosophy department, resigned. One hundred and nineteen members of the academic senate signed a manifesto protesting Hutchins' views. Professors began calling him "Saint Robert of the Midway." >A new song was sung: "Should auld Aquinas be forgot...