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Briefly, it tells of three dead people whose souls are given three days to decide where they would like to go, Valhalla, Erehwon, or Xanadu, all substitutes for censored sections of the Afterworld. There are two subplots: a search for the Ring of Nibelung and a fix of the Hoop Race in Valhalla, not to mention a takeof on the Cocktail Party and what seemed to be an allusion to F. Scott Fitxgerald. Let it suffice to say it was confusing...
Previously, only petty stealings such as ash trays, hoop races, and grass skirts have been reported. If the owl is not returned however, Wellesley threatens to hold no more mixers. It may even cancel teas. All it wants to know, obviously...
...college at 2 p.m. today will traipse through its annual spring fertility rite, Tree Day, on Severance Green. It's always been one of the best chances for Harvard men to look over the field without losing the sleep necessary to meet the early starting gun of the May Hoop Race...
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...
Oddly enough the winner of the last Hoop Race, Ester Coke, is also president of a far less familiar and newer Wellesley tradition, the Daisies. Not to be confused with Vassar's Daisy chain, this society is an organization of lethargic seniors dedicated to the purpose of being as inactive as possible. There are several underclass exceptions, who by exceptional feats, like spending over six hours a day in the Well snack bar, are accepted to the fold...