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Sole backer of the present ticket allotment system was Henry S. Williams '50, serious-minded grandstand quarterback, who said, "A woman's place is in the home, not in the cheering section. When one of them behind me comes out with such remarks as: 'Oh, look! My cute number 60 is limping,' it drives me nuts...
...Such arguments underestimate the joys of leisure in the U. S. A.," Conant replied according to the report. "To many of us, the scats in the baseball grandstand still look more attractive than those in the reading room of the library...
...opinion if you are the type who will be bored as the Glee Club sings on the steps of Dartmouth Hall, the kind of a gent who doesn't intend to play some part in the extracurricular activities, and a sap who will sit in the grandstand and talk to your girl friend while the boys dig their noses into the sod to bring glory to the Big Green, then you've picked the wrong college and should change your plans before it is too late."--September 13th issue of The Daily Dartmouth...
...inducement to otherwise unoccupied trumpet tooters the Band advertises that athletic credits will be given to he who spends his time playing the arrangements (also exclusive) under the direction of Malcolm Holmes. Of course, choice grandstand seats also act as lures to the bandsmen. First tryouts will be held Tuesday evening in the Paine Music Building...
...glumly on a bare wooden platform while "Pete" Green and kinky-haired Senator C. Wayland Brooks paid him fancy tribute. He mopped streams of perspiration from his brow, went under the grandstand for a cold bottle of pop. Then he spoke...