Word: outdoor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Hanoverian entertainment starts Friday evening with the Outdoor Evening. Here it is that the Queen of the Snows is chosen. Contrary to popular belief, Dartmouth boys don't want their girl chosen queen. She has to pose for photographers for two whole days and is expected to remain relatively sober...
Gable has one strong scene in which he "talks down" a navigator who is trying to land a pilotless bomber. Significantly, this is the movie's one big outdoor sequence. Back inside headquarters, where drama depends on the reading of lines, Cinemactor Gable cannot always hold the center of the stage...
Textiles. A new synthetic textile ("the best we know of for outdoor use") was hailed by Du Pont. Called "Orlon," it is described as warm as silk, as wrinkle-resistant as wool, and resistant to moths, molds and mildew. Though nylon is less likely to tear, Du Pont said that nylon, rayon, linen and cotton were "complete failures" in an exposure test which hardly affected Orlon...
Cold weather ended outdoor rowing last week, and forced the retreat to Newell. The tank, set in the middle of a large pool, is similar to a shell. Thus an athlete can keep on learning the fundamental techniques of rowing with the coaches at his elbow to point out just how it's done...
Although the Crimson whipped Williams decisively 6 to 1, in an outdoor match under indoor rules back in October, both sides look for a closer game tomorrow night. The first Ephmen-Crimson match opened the season for Williams, and with a full month's practice behind them, the Berkshire squad may upset the favored Harvard team...