Word: tour
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...novelty, and though its marching and music are just as bright, its faddish aspect has worn off. The HAA support has fallen from $2000 in 1946 to twice at all for next year. A meagre turnout for the Virginia concert, and a University disapproval of a commercially-sponsored summer tour, point to University Hall as the only...
...Bill Tilden's 6 ft. 1½ in. frame is bowed, his grey hair shaggy, and he reaches for his glasses before he can read a line. But he is anxious to make another pro tour, if "the public will accept me." In Hollywood last week, he shuttled from court to court giving tennis lessons to such high-paying movie clients as Mrs. Charles (Oona O'Neill) Chaplin, the Joseph Cottens, the David Selznicks. Said he: "There's a lot of money here for anyone who can teach the game...
...request came after Dean Watson had vetoed another possible source of income by forbidding private company sponsoring and financing of the Band's proposed South American tour. He explained that University rules prohibited letting "any company benefit by using Harvard's name...
Manager Joseph J. Borgatti, Jr. '45 had cited two firms that were willing to underwrite the tour, pay for plane fare, and let the Band keep the profits. The companies, whose names are confidential, include a soft-drink concern and an international food distributor...
MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut, February 6-Having successfully concluded the first stop of its weekend squash tour with a 7 to 2 triumph over Wesleyan this afternoon, the Varsity racquet team goes to West Point tomorrow for its part in the Crimson-Army sportsfest...