Word: misses
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Soeurs Marx: "To American readers this requires a word of explanation. Little Women, translated directly into French as Petites Femmes, would have a meaning which would have distressed Louisa May, of Concord, Mass. The Frenchman of the street confused the name 'March' (the family name of Miss Alcott's Little Women) with Marx, made famous in France as elsewhere by the inimitable Groucho, Harpo and Chico. So Little Women was named The Marx Sisters, and was believed by many purchasers, who were later disappointed, to have the zany qualities which have become synonymous with America...
...Despite rising prices and chilly weather, New Orleans boasted of the largest, gayest Mardi Gras since its beginning in 1827. Forty-three balls were scheduled. Thirteen parades tootled through flag-festooned streets. As far away as Biloxi, Miss, hotels were chock full, and private rooms in town were bringing...
...Miss Betty Fitzgerald, Radcliffe '48, will take part in the conference which will be recorded and distributed through the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System, Clifton R. Wharton '47, secretary of the National Communications Committee, announced last night...
...Miss Juanita Olson and Frank DeMattei, representing the U. of C. at Berkeley, won a unanimous decision by their statement of the affirmative on the topic "Resolved: That federal control of labor unions should be increased." Speaking for Harvard and the negative were Debate Council member Roy G. Clouse '50 and Ellis Kaplan...
...cast for "Waiting For Lefty:" James A. Walker '50 as Fatt; Anthony A. Plano '47, as the Gunman; Theodore P. Allegretti '47 as Joe; Mrs. Helen McCloskey as Edna; Miss Ronnic Feltman as Florence; Ralph P. Katz '48 as Irv; Michael Kahn '46 as Sid; Martin Deutsh '49 as Clayton; Arlene Prigoff as Stan; Palmer Dixon '50 as Phil; Robert L. Weehsler '49 as Dr. Benjamin: John Mahan '49 as Agale...