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With the drab decorum of Mem Hall covered by sprightly trappings, and the moonlight oozing in at the open windows, '47 will have its night to howl. Accompanying the howling will be George Auld's band in its second showing at Harvard, having played in the Union...
...took a war to get the Freshmen out of the Yard and the Jubilee went with it. Old war-torn '46 wracked its brains for a place to put the big dance, until somebody piped up "Mem Hall." Amid the chorus of groans a few visionaries got to work. In spite of its mustry, dusty outlook and its atmosphere of blue books and proctors the place looked really respectable on the big night...
...dance is to be formal and will last from 10 to 2 o'clock. Plans are being completed to have Mem Hall professionally decorated for the occasion. Special liberty has been granted to the V-12 and NROTC Units so that they may attend. Tickets will go on sale soon in all the Houses...
...with the memory of the last exam still making your fingers tired, and that crick in the back you get from bending over a Mem Hall desk. Now is the time. But no mood. You've got to feel debonair, and sentimental in a sophisticated sort of way, to write your farewell. Vag could think of a lot of things he wanted to talk about: the first date at Radcliffe; the first date at Wellesley; the difference. None of that. Stick to the subject. That sort of thing happens all over the world. This is Harvard. This is different...
...years that followed truly brought glory to Mem Hall. Those were the times when she fed one thousand students daily under the vaulted arches of her nave. Hardly a meal passed without some outburst of excitement. Bloody fights among the colored waiters. Class wars, and demonstrations against the constant stream of sightseers who thronged the galleries to "watch the animals eat" served to hallow the bust-lined walls. Many were the wild tales that passed about of stray dogs which disappeared into her kitchens never again to see the light...