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Washington's present social lions are officers, Latin American diplomats, wartime bigwigs like Donald Nelson, Leon Henderson and Sumner Welles, who are showered with invitations but accept very few. Because busy men have to be caught on the run, socialites now hold late-afternoon cocktail parties and buffet suppers, where busy guests can pop in for a quick one, instead of formal parties. One of the most popular functions is an open-house buffet luncheon served every day by Mrs. Robert Low Bacon, widow of the late New York Congressman, in her mansion near the War and State Departments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Washington Society Page | 8/10/1942 | See Source »

Graduate students and Faculty members are invited to a "grad grub" buffet supper party at Phillips Brooks House today at 6 o'clock. Mrs. Lucille Scheur will lead games after supper, and everyone will join in group singing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Grub for Grads | 7/24/1942 | See Source »

...Grad Grub" buffet supper. PBH at 6 o'clock. Tickets should be secured at the Summer School office before noon today...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Summer School Calendar | 7/24/1942 | See Source »

Following the final baseball game with Yale at Soldiers Field, 3 o'clock, Saturday, June 6, activities of the Senior Class will begin in the Triangle with a buffet supper at 6 o'clock. At 8 o'clock a concert will be given by the Glee Club and the Pierian Sodality, followed by the annual Ivy Oration, a humorous summarization of the four-year history of the Senior Class, to be delivered this year by Coles H. Phinizy. Class features and "stunts" will then follow, and Saturday's meeting will be concluded with the singing of "Fair Harvard." Dancing will...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: War Shortens Commencement; Program Reduced To Three Days | 6/1/1942 | See Source »

Back when the first World War was something, for interventionists to sell, the Class of 1918 began a spring social event with an unusual title and erratic make-up to parallel the Junior Dance and Senior Spread. Vocal competitions were its core of attraction with a reception, concept, buffet supper, and a dance tossed in "to attract even those who hitherto have taken no pleasure in listening to men's choruses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SING TO SWING IN 25 JUBILEES | 5/15/1942 | See Source »

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