Word: mercerized
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...same time the Council announced the appointment of two committees, one covering Freshman affairs, and the other, scholarships. Douglas Mercer '40 was last spring appointed to head the Freshman Affairs Committee, but his two assistants, Langdon P. Marvin Jr. '41, of Eliot House, and Homer Peabody '41, class president, are new appointments. Council Treasurer Robert M. Bunker '39, of Wintrhop House, will serve as president of the Scholarship Committee, while the others will be Cleveland Amory '39, Morton G. Freed '39, and Phil C. Neal...
...charge of Freshman affairs, Mercer, Marvin, and Peabody will go to work on the appointing of a Red Book chairman and committee. The trio will work with Kendric N. Marshall '26, Freshman Union mentor, in the appointment of the Union Committee. Still another phase of the group's work will be the management of Yardling inter-dormitory athletics...
...setting the opening date for the fall touch ball season on October 7, Samborski stressed the importance of securing Freshman managers from each dormitory to see that each team is well represented. A Student Council committee under Douglas Mercer '40 is in charge of selecting these managerships, which are regarded by the Intra-mural department as excellent training for House secretaryships...
...CROSBY AND MR. MERCER (Decca,). Last June, when the genial Westwood Marching and Chowder Club (North Hollywood Branch) put on its second Breakaway Minstrel Show, the Olio was enlivened by " 'Lasses' (Molasses) Mercer and 'Chittlins' (pig or calf intestines) Crosby in an erudite analyseration of swing." The "analyseration" was sung to the music of the 1920's famed duet Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean, new words by Lyricist Mercer (Cowboy From Brooklyn, et al.). The summer's most amusing ditty gets more amusing when Crosby explains to Mercer that jazz is merely old-fashioned...
...Allegretto, Mr. Crosby?" "Alligators, Mr. M." Sales of Gallagher and Shean records reached millions. Mr. Crosby & Mr. Mercer...