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...touch distinctly recalled 18th century Versailles. But in the jet age, sailing by flower-bedecked barges to a make-believe Cythera will no longer do. It must be by plane, with champagne corks popping all the way. The destination can be anywhere - Acapulco, Moscow, Marrakesh. Last week it was Nassau, and for today's féte galante it was no moody grotto but the brand-new $55 million Paradise Island Hotel. Still, a touch of magic was called for, and the wand that summoned all the Beautiful People to court was held as usual by Serge Obolensky...
...factor -- women. Goheen has expressed interest in getting a girls' college to associate with the University for a long time, and a Faculty report last year recommended coeducation as a solution to Princeton's social problems. Feelers are out. Sarah Lawrence turned down a bid to hook up with Nassau Hall last year, but Goheen is still trying...
Cornell is back with the likes of Morris, South and Esdale who were good enough to knock off top-ten member Princeton once. And the Tiger has Chris Thomforde back--old Nassau will be tough. Columbia has the big Newmark after a year-off and gave New England power Holy Cross a tough time in a pre-season scrimmage...
Finally, the program ended with the Princeton, Harvard and Harvard Freshmen Glee Clubs all massed on the stage. First, Princeton's Old Nassau, with its curious arm-cross-chest motion that looks like so many meaculpas; then, with a theoretical tear in each eye, Believe . . .oops . . . Fair Harvard. And as the last strains of that fine old Victorian melody faded into our collective memory, one could almost hear a little voice accompanying us into the cold night: Goodbye, Columbus . . . goodbye, Columbus . . . goodbye...
...Street in Nassau. There is little doubt that Sir Stafford, who returned voluntarily to face the commission, will be able to hang on to his money, and no assurance at all that the islands have seen the last of his political cronies. Last week, in a special election to fill the spot Sir Stafford gave up in the General Assembly, his United Bahamian Party hung on to his seat by the simple expedient of running a Negro. Clearly, the party, if not the man, still has considerable power. "The Bahamians need us," said a smug Bahamian Club croupier. "Tourism couldn...