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Investigation of tobacco shops in the Square discloses another respect in which University students will have to cut down on luxuries. One pipe shop has been so hard hit by the widespread lack of briar that it has decided to suspend business for the duration. Most briar, of which Leavitt and Peirco report they still have a large reserve stock, comes from France, Italy, and Greece, and now is unobtainable...
...following evening, at Mary Baldwin-College for Women, Staunton, Virginia, the Sodality will present as its main feature Debussy's "Blessed Damozel." Winding up its tour on Wednesday, at Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, Virginia, it will join the Sweet Briar and Duke Glee Clubs in a presentation of Handel's "Messiah...
...finger on the page of his book so as not to lose his place. "This," shrieked Vag, almost forgetting his hangover as he dashed his pipe to the floor. "Away, you manifestation of an era of physical and intellectual decadence," he shouted as he stamped on the offending briar. "That's what I am. I'm soft, flabby, weak. Remember Pearl Harbor...
...this year's schedule, the orchestra plans to go to Virgiuia for its spring trip. Two years ago the Pierian made its first long trip to Virginia, and it has continued these excursions annually since. The society will visit Princeton, Mary Baldwin, and Sweet Briar during the trip...
...Imported briar and tobaccos are nearly impossible to get now, though the flow hasn't completely stopped. Taxes and high costs of production have not yet caught up with cigarette prices, according to expert opinion, but will jump any day now. Matches, which have been for years given out free with purchases, may have to be bought and guarded closely...