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Invited to "entertain" at a Harvard freshman smoker, Fan Dancer Sally Rand decided to give her performance a new twist. She turned up in ermine wrap and strapless evening gown, smiled at the wolfish whistles as she took off her fur announced: "That's as far as I go tonight." After a song & dance, she launched into a ten-minute lecture on the evils of Communism. The disappointed freshmen lobbed about a quarter's worth of pennies at the stage, and one grumbled later, "The whole idea was to have a good time, not listen to politics...
...Sexcellency" Sally Rand and comedian Morey Amsterdam will bring big name talent to a Freshman Smoker for the first time in three years at 8:30 p.m. tonight in Sanders Theatre. A beer guzzling fest in Memorial Hall with half a gallon of hops for everyone will follow the entertainment...
...Miss Rand promised to surprise everybody and come with her clothes on. She plans to teach the Yardlings a "Lesson in History" and also to show them what the "Thing" of popular music fame really...
Last time she came to a Smoker, several M.I.T. students kidnapped her and the freshmen had to disguise themselves as Engineers to stage a rescue. When she finally reached the stage, she spoke about "Stage Door Johnnies." In 1938, Miss Rand gave an intellectual talk on "How to be Intelligent Though Educated...
...Miss Rand has been dancing publicly since she was 13 years old. She has a young son, Sean; her mother, a former newspaper woman, and her father, a retired Army officer are both living...