Word: highschool
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...House. As long as the band was allowed to play what it wanted to, and to play it at a reckless volume, their music was fairly good. As soon as the house committee got on the ball and demanded "soft--and sweet," the band sounded like a bunch of highschool musicians on their first job. Moral: Don't expect soft swing or good sweet from a band unless you pay for it. . . . Dunster House decided at the last minute not to get Red Norvo for their dance on March 1, and settled on localite Buddy Trask. While Trask...
...Highschool classes were so crowded (because of a shortage of teachers) that students had to stand up, had to wear their coats from class to class because there was no place to put them...