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...Banjo Club, under the direction of J. M. Bradley '33, will play the "Twelfth Street Rag," "Under the Double Eagle," and "At a Georgia Camp Meeting." The Vocal Club, under the leadership of S. H. Stackpole '33, will present "Going Home," "Johnny Harvard," "Old Heidelberg," and the finale from the operetta "The Gondoliers." The Gold Coast Orchestra with J. L. Hutter '33 leading will play a Victor Herbert medley, a medley from "Show Boat" and "Mood Indigo" and "Black and Tan Fantasy." This orchestra will play for dancing afterwards. The Mandolin Club will also play and present specialty numbers...
...Banjo-Eyed...
...TIME (Letters, June 20) Mr. Albert Hilliard of Nevada questions the reference to my husband as "banjo-eyed Norman Klein" in your issue of May 23, wonders if the epithet angers Mr. Klein as it does Moon Mullins...
...haven't noticed it if it has. I gave him the nickname because, like many a newspaperman, he assumes an expression of innocent astonishment when caught in some particularly outrageous roguery. And they are banjo-like. He indited his first novel. No! No.' The Woman! to me thus: "To Dort." Actually he calls me "Dorit Biskit." Philosophic, I take it as a tribute to my mild feats at biscuit-shooting, voice no anger...
When Reporter Klein worked for the Chicago Tribune his wife nicknamed him "Banjo-eyes" because his round eyes would frequently bug with astonishment like those of Moon ("Banjo-Eyes'') Mullins, hard-boiled Tribune comic strip character...