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...explorer's legend cropped up again last week-the "Abominable Snowmen" of the Himalayas. Reporting on his sixth expedition to Mt. Everest, British Explorer Eric Shipton described in the London Times a hard, four-day climb to a great glacier near the high peak of Menlungtse. There, in the thin snow, he found the well-marked footprints of a strange, four-toed creature. Sen Tensing, the native guide, identified the tracks as the spoor of two "Yetis"-the same weird ogres first reported by an Everest expedition of 30 years...
...this, the present rule developed. In the Union and House dining halls, it is stringently enforced. Although Shipton found "a relapse of bad manners" during the last war, the wearing of the coat and tie has since become more firmly entrenched than ever...
Coats have imprisoned the backs, and ties have warmed the necks of students longer than anyone can remember. Clifford K. Shipton '26, custodian of the University Archives says the custom has always been present...
...Shipton, in discussing the slow pace of the investigations, explained that he, as a colonial historian, was only concerned with classes up to 1799. He admitted that the College was losing its race with posterity...
...Shipton is writing for a very limited audience. Five hundred copies of each volume are printed, of which fewer than 450 are sold. This may have its advantages though, for it costs the University $15 to print each copy, while the retail price...