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...then visited Leningrad's only Jewish Orthodox synagogue. At first, we were stopped because we didn't have yarmulkes, but the Russian man ripped his handkerchief in two. We then placed the torn halves on our heads and went inside...
...journeyman hits just about the right tone most of the time. He writes well, for instance, but not so well that he seems to be waving a perfumed handkerchief about the landscape. By his campfire after a day of fishing, when it is time to throw a cliché on the flames, he comes up with a good, chunky one: "I woke just once during the night, when a Union Pacific freight train wailed in the distance...
Thus The Game had produced heroics before; was it not possible now that Yale would arise from the sod and gnaw the Crimson? Maybe, but it was clear even to an observer new to these rites that other matters were more important. Take the matter of the handkerchiefs. A society of pragmatists has decided that Kleenex is handier and more sanitary. The day when every gentleman carried two handkerchiefs is gone, as are most of the gentlemen. That seems to be the point. The old boys of the Eastern Establishment, waving in languid mockery at the foe, are also wigwagging...
Outrageousness is clearly necessary to prevent this mistiness from reaching the boohoo stage-no one wants to wave a soggy handkerchief-and by tradition the two bands have been designated to provide the desired vulgarity. A month before the 1962 Game, held in Cambridge, Mass., members of the Harvard band paraded through New Haven at 4:30 a.m., concertizing at full volume; seven of them were arrested. This sort of thing is expected, as are naughty formations and cheers of startling crudity. A fungus of tastefulness has formed in the past few years on both sets of musical pranksters, however...
Sure, Saturday's big event features The Official Logo, and The Official Program ($5), and The Official Handkerchief ($2), and The 100th Game Ticket in Lucite ($30), and The Golf Shirt ($29.50), and The Tote Bag ($12.50), and the pre-game descent by the U.S. Navy's Shooting Stars parachute squad, and special jerseys, and the commemorative coin-toss featuring about 50 former captains...