Word: pre-war
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Inconsistent performance can be blamed on the fact that this year's crews, like Bolles', are inexperienced. Unlike pre-war years when a varsity beat would have oarsmen with four years of competition in one crew or another, this spring is only the second big-time season since the enforced layoff...
History 5, pre-war baby of the survey courses and currently the fastest growing, has moved into third place in popularity, jumping from 449 to 529. Former perennial monarch, History 1, is now in fourth place with a 513 total, down from its 1933 heyday peak of 828 when College enrollment rarely topped...
...Pre-war Cantabridgians who have puzzled over Mem Hall's wartime nudity can now rest assured that the situation is only temporary. University work crews will soon start reconstruction work which eventually should place slate, copper, and ironwork decorations back in their old positions atop the tower...
...attempt to come closer to the original architects' design than the final pre-war agglomeration of metalwork, corner pinnacles, small dormer windows above the clock faces, and various gewgaws which were added in 1897 will probably not go back on the tower...
...swung through a loud and brassy and the band swung through a loud and brassy "Stompin' At The Savoy" it became clear that Louis Armstrong, at forty-seven, was still a vibrant, entrancing stage personality with a beautifully phrased trumpet and a voice that had lost none of its pre-war quality. It also became clear that his band was too loud. The high points came on the old Armstrong milestones like "Save It Pretty Mama" and "Ain't Misbehavin'" on which Louis sounded just about the same as he has for the last fifteen years...