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...Dennis 1G., knows not whereof he speaks, desire to correct his statement in Wednesday's CRIMSON that "Harvard men are thrown in contact with Radcliffe women but little, and seek no closer association. However, I have seen one or two fairly good-looking girls at Radcliffe". Ah, the blase air with which Mr. Dennis utters his profound observations! Lord Byron could hardly have written it more grandly. We understand, of course, that he has investigated the matter thoroughly, and yet--er--we wonder if he has ever tried to get a Radcliffe dormitory on the telephone in the evening...
...have the age-old strictures of producers been disregarded that the picture is actually allowed to close with the hero thwarted in his attempt to win the woman he loves. The rest of the plot has features equally unorthodox which should make it attractive to the most blase patron of the cinema...
Even the most blase member of the audience will enjoy the short Technicolor sound reel of "Mary and Her Lamb...
Equitable-Seaboard. To a Manhattan blase with bank mergers, the union of Equitable Trust Co. with Seaboard National Bank (the unwieldy new name is Equitable Seaboard Bank & Trust Co.) created no furor. Yet the new institution ranked as fifth largest U. S. bank* with resources of approximately 900 million dollars. The new bank will operate under a state trust company charter, thus marking the passing of another (Seaboard) national bank. Merger terms specified exchange of 1 ½ shares of Equitable for one of Seaboard, the Seaboard share carrying with it a share of Seaboard National Corp., the bank...
...turns, from elegant ballroom maneuvers to a parody of the John Erskine school of historical fiction. At one point, dressed as a Carthaginian warrior, he keeps languidly remarking: "Oh nuts!" It was in the best interests of mirth to revive George S. Kaufman's skit in which two blase hotel guests discover that the house is on fire. Instead of leaving, they stay to entertain the firemen. As the flames curl outside the windows, one of the firemen telephones the office for the key to the next room. The other tunes a violin, giving the excuse: "Not enough time...