Word: rightness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...with Bobby Byrn's new band. But both will remain with Dorsey for the time being. . . Artie Shaw's huffiness about having to use jitterbug terms in his MGM picture strengthens the impression that he has gone highhat. So do the three law suits he is involved in right now for having made himself generally obnoxious, the worst offence being at the Canadian National Exposition when he arrived three hours late, and upon being gently reminded of that fact, said, "You ought to be damn glad I got here at all, you chiseling bastards!" . . . The whole industry's going slightly...
Bemis's relatives have strenuously contested the will on the ground that the late philanthropist was not in his right mind...
...septet sallying against B. U. Friday, only three have run cross country for the Varsity or Freshmen before this year. Penn Tuttle, who is filling Ros Brayton's shoes more than adequately as captain this year, was right up front in the Yale plod. Gene Clark is short on training because he was delayed in returning from abroad, but Jaakko considered him enough of an old-timer to run Friday; he trailed the first Blue man in last quarter...
...customary ten man team will probably be changed only for B. U. in accordance with their unexpected request to limit the harriers to seven for this meet. Jaakko likes to put everybody in the field when the terrain is travelled out here, but right now he is having difficulty convincing B. U. that they ought to put their second string harriers against the Crimson Freshman, in the absence of a B. U. '43 pack...
...issue was whether or not the Administration was correct in the methods it used in applying a new policy of Faculty tenure, and it was further inquired if that policy itself was right. The application occurred so suddenly, during the examination period last June, that few students realized that ten assistant professors, bearers of the main load of undergraduate teaching, had been lopped off. President Conant explained at the time that he was putting into effect the recommendations for increased security of the Faculty committee on tenure, but his critics pointed out that the committee foresaw no such immediate action...