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...William Davidson (Conservative) caught the eye of the Speaker (as arranged), rose, asked a question: "May I ask whether the right honorable gentleman is aware that Manna won the Derby?" [Loud cheers, laughter and cries of "order...
Silence fell, to be punctuated now and again by an encouraging cheer. Binocularless women plagued their staring escorts for information. There were some eager "Yesses" and some hesitant "No-o-oes." Excitement grew as the thunder of hoofs approached. Manna romped home the winner and, as usual, there were more white than flushed faces; for rarely does a Derby favorite romp fast enough...
Tonight's program will be as follows: 1. Introduction to Act III "Lohengrin" Wagner 2. Overture to "William Tell" Rossini 3. Jota Stoessel-Jacchia 4. Fantasia, "Fedora" Glordano 5. Twelfth Hungarian Rhapsody Liszt 6. Rachem (Invocation) Manna-Zucca (Orchestrated by A. Jacchia) 7. Scherzo, "The Flight of the Bumble Bee" Rimsky-Korsakov 8. Ouverture Soiennelle "1812" Tchaikovsky 9. Selection, "Carmen" Bizet 10. Valse Triste Sibelius 11. French Military March Saint-Saens
...June are indeed the months of manna. When the warm weather arrives, colleges and universities the country over turn to considerations of general improvements, special equipment, new buildings, and graduate schools. Yielding to the impulse of the season, they spread their blankets, like the Israelites, and burn candles to the gods of generosity...
...spectacle of the patrician turned for the moment into the beggar will be democratically moving, and should loosen many wallets. When the Seniors have removed themselves from the steps of Widener and have spread their traditional sheet to receive what manna may fall, all Freshmen, one hopes, will remember the honor of their class and rise to the spirit of the day with many clinking shekels. "And cursed be he who first cries 'Hold, enough...