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Shortly before Tree Day, seniors don cap and gown to run the famous Hoop Race down Tower Hill, winner takes first husband. Ever since 1939, when a Lampoon president took first, disguised Harvard men in the race have become as renowned a custom as the tradition itself...
Coats have imprisoned the backs, and ties have warmed the necks of students longer than anyone can remember. Clifford K. Shipton '26, custodian of the University Archives says the custom has always been present...
First of all, there are the traditional pops concerts, with Arthur Fielder and is small symphony playing a wide variety of selections from music to Muzak. As you might judge from his theatre program appearances, Fiedler sanctions the quaint custom of purveying beer among the higher priced seats. Harvard night at the Pops, May 10, is, of course, without peer as an adventure into the realm of familiar music. Unfortunately, Pops also holds B.U. and Northeastern nights, and attendance at these affairs is somewhat less comforting, unless you prefer their songs...
...recommendations will be considered when the government gets around to overhauling gambling legislation. "Though this report is a good bet," commented the Daily Mail, "we would not back it to win. The force of custom is very strong, and this document may yet molder in the Whitehall pigeonholes...
...four entries got off to adequate starts after a little trouble getting into position because of choppy water. As is its custom, the Crimson rowed ten strokes at 36 and then settled to a pace between 30 1/2 and 31. Cambridge kept up around 34 1/2 to 35 for a half mile and naturally took a fairly substantial lead...