Word: rumoring
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Commencement Days, photographers will be admitted to the hallowed precincts of Sever Quadrangle. On the surface there seems little connection, but certainly the fact that photographers will be admitted to the quadrangle implies that there will be something worth photographing, and also adds a little more weight to the rumor that President Roosevelt will be present at the exercises...
...rumor was started by the Christian Science Monitor, which devoted a two paragraph item to the subject in a top-column, front-page story on Saturday. The Monitor gave no source for its story however, merely using the phrase "it was learned...
...rumor that Halifax would receive an honorary degree has been in circulation for some time, although no mention had been made of the President. Believing that this rumor is well founded, the Student Union has already started a petition in opposition to giving Halifax a degree. The names of recipients of honorary degrees are never revealed until Commencement Day itself, however...
Preliminary arrangements indicate a party this year the Seniors won't forget in a hurry. The central attraction will be Gene Krupa's band, a "relaxed and sincere" outfit, according to experts. Rumor has it that he will stick to mellow and glidable music. Book-sick men will also be lured by plenty of food and drinks plus the usual starlight activities. Thus while ignorant armies clash by night, the Spread stands out as the last chance in College to forget that coming year in khaki...
...have heard Count Basic to slightly better advantage than he was last Monday, but even a somewhat below par Count has more punch than most swing bands now making the rounds. The boys didn't play too many popular melodies of the day, as there was an ugly rumor that they were going to do. As usual, most of the arrangements featured a raft of solos, with Buck Clayton and Don Byas, the new tenor sax artist, particularly outstanding. The rhythm section suffered from the absence of Joe Jones from the tympani, which probably disconcerted the boys a bit . . . Decca...