Word: ridings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Keep off the Grass" signs have not disappeared entirely, and people can still doze and dream in more than 17,000 U.S. city parks; but they can also play golf and tennis, eat a picnic lunch, ride a horse, paddle a canoe, attend a symphony concert and study the ways of animals and fishes. Tiny in comparison with the vast national parks like Yellowstone, Yosemite and the Great Smoky Mountains, city parks are closer to the daily lives of the people they serve, and the best of them play a giant's role in an increasingly urbanized society...
...winter quarters in Sarasota. The guests are warmed up in the car's pale green drawing room with North's own brand of Old-Fashioneds, then the party moves to the dining room, which is dominated by a large mural of Lady Godiva setting out on her ride. A French chef produces a four-or five-course meal (with three vintage wines), and the meal is rounded out with liqueurs. Towards midnight the party moves off to the hotel North owns in Sarasota, to take in the cabaret, which is entirely composed of acts being prepared...
Last night's entertainment was unique as all eight Houses and the Union had a party connected with Regatta. The evening was spotlighted by a Glee Club concert in the Lowell large court yard and an outdoor dance, the Kirkland Beer Bust, a Leverett Hay Ride. The Eliot Cabaret Dance and a Union Beach Party...
...rides, beach parties, and bacchanalia are among the several functions of Friday night. The Union is sponsoring a beach party, with busses provided to carry Yardlings and their dates to the appointed beach. Freshmen may sign up at the Union for bus accomodations. Adams House men will have a square dance and Leverett a hay ride, while Dunster is holding its annual masquerade ball, beginning...
...tech girl, on the other hand, is usually busier. She has to "ride the gain", seeing that the meter on the control board doesn't coast up into the red area which means that listeners are hearing an unpleasant shrill shriek instead of music. And between shows, when very often one theme has to be faded down, another theme faded up and down, and the first record for a show started all within about two minutes, the tech girl often wishes she bad three arms. The tech girl also has to "cue" a record, seeing that it starts...