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...Cuckoo in the depth of the forest, Planists, The Swan (Solo xioloncello, J. Langendoen), Finale. Planes: Jesus Maria Sauroma Leo Litwin Prize Song from "Die Meisteringer von Nurnberg Wagner *"Pathetic" Symphony, No. 6 Tchaikovaky Third movement--Alegro molto vivace -- *Selection, "The Fortune Teller" Herbert *Song of the Volga Bargemen Arr. by Glasennov *American Patrol Meacham -- Selections checked (*) are available on records at Briggs & Briggs Music Store, Harvard Square...
...offer any comment concerning the latent possibilities in this year's green material, but that it seemed to be a bit lighter than usual. So that he can devote all his time to impressing the fundamentals of a quick shoot-away and slo-o-ow recovery to his bargemen, he has turned the experienced Freshmen, including three prep school captains, over to Charlie Whiteside, varsity mentor...
Coach Whiteside has put six yearling crews into shells, but only two of these average above 160 pounds, leaving about 16 men who have rowed before eligible for the Freshman crew next spring. This means that there is a much greater op- portunity for the 1939 bargemen than last year, when there were 32 prep school veterans. All those who raced against Yale in the Freshman race last June had seen shell service before entering college...
There were three principal ways of getting messages over the Dutch border: 1) On dark nights "passeurs" would go through the wire wearing rubber gloves and rubber socks, dodging the sentries. 2 ) Bargemen from Rotterdam to Antwerp would find means of concealing dispatches. 3) Belgian peasants whose farms touched the frontier were sometimes induced to pick up and transmit papers secretly tossed over the wire at night...
Under his orders the Prefect of Seine-et-Oise called out troops. Some 200 gendarmes, backed by blue-clad Injanterie de-Marine, piled into fire boats and sailed up stream. At dawn they met the bargemen, brandishing boathooks. With a swish high pressure hoses were turned on, washed the boatmen off their decks and into the river while wives and children screamed imprecations through the portholes. The Seine was cleared. Twoscore of the ringleaders, most of them Belgian subjects, were arrested, charged with the extremely serious offense of Rebellion...