Word: ragged
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...smattering of junior varsity oarsmen combine with two veterans and a pair of sophomores from 1954's undefeated Yardlings to fill the boat Wilde hopes will stop Tech this Saturday. But in spite of the varsity's rag-taggle composition and Tech's veterans, stroke Larry Cabot has led the Crimson through creditable and improving time trials. Though only a sophomore, Cabot is a skilled oarsmen and can hold a high stroke with clock-like precision...
...first number in the show which I thought had any merit at all turned out to be the best of the evening. Clare Scott sings a song called "Mogambo Rag"--musically, lyric--and performance wise a perfect revue number. Miss Scott's abilities have been extolled before, and she has only gained in charm and attractivness since her appearance in School for Scandal. To my mind she was the spark which the whole show needed, and every sketch she appeared in was better for it. Had anyone else done "Mogambo Rag" it might have seemed disgusting; from Miss Scott...
...that are, in effect, moving stages for the outrageous and often obscene skits and tableaux they spend weeks devising. A week before Good Friday, while the capital watches goggle-eyed, the students belt down quantities of donated rum and parade the floats through the streets. Invariable topic of the rag: politics...
...unmarried mothers). Most UMs are under 20, victims of a lie, or of violence, or possessors of an over-generous nature. One of the most tragic cases in St. Anne's history: a ravished child of eleven who still believed in Santa Claus and carried a rag doll to bed with her each night. For the rest, "we get a girl who has slipped," Sister Winifred says, "but who is trying to do what is right...
...went on to The Rosary, Twelfth Street Rag, the Beer Barrel Polka, some fast, weak boogie-woogie, and his TV theme song, I Don't Care (which he dedicated to his critics). Between numbers he casually dropped the names of God, President Eisenhower, Paderewski and some of his 185 TV sponsors (notably a toilet-paper manufacturer). He also introduced Mom, who was proudly sitting in a spotlighted box, wearing mink and orchids...