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Then come the days of festivities. The traditional Pre-commissioning Banquet will be held on Tuesday, 27 February at the Harvard Club (which, we trust, most of the boys--even those from the West--can pronounce correctly now without the aid of phonetic spelling). Talent is still needed and all candidates brave enough to face such an audience are urged to contact our MC at once...
...months' supply of hair left, just checked and found, strangely enough, his new blues to be ill-fitting. "Sherman was right," says Chuck; "wonder if he got his uniforms the same place I got mine!" Sam Wolf learned the real meaning of "Penny Serenade" during one of his banquet pleas the other day. The Popps fright being a thing of the past, he failed to recover the cast-off cash, hence Stan Siskind's recent spending spree...
Later the Kings reviewed Ibn Saud's bodyguard of Wahabis ("Puritan" Moslems), who wear their hair braided and march in sweeping, dun-colored abaat (gowns). Then the monarchs sat down to a banquet in the sumptuous Hejaz style. The great table groaned under the weight of sweetmeats and whole barbecued sheep. In high good humor, Ibn Saud told brave tales of his youth. For hours the feasting continued, while the Wahabis made the night ring with martial songs and poems flattering the royal Egyptian guest...
That night there was a great banquet, not only to toast the American but also to celebrate the anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Again, with telling effect, Pat Hurley bellowed his "Yahoo...
...handsome Villa Manrique, Seville residence of the bride's father, was crammed with 1,500 presents, including one from General Francisco Franco. Don Carlos, in high good humor, had signed the necessary canonical consent for the union, then appeared benevolently at the bridegroom's traditional banquet on the wedding eve. Later he gave a sumptuous party for the principitos (little princes), and principitas, children of the guests...