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...hurdlers would have a clear lane to their finish line. High jumpers rolled over the bar. Seconds after they started, handicap relays were too confused for the casual fan; runners were spread out over the track. And through it all, pole vaulters kept on jumping, and a proud, tux-togged official rode high in the basket of a finger lift to replace the bar when someone missed...
After six weeks in the service, Koplow's advice is, "If you're young and can travel, join us--you don't need a tux...
...playing talent, Lattner was one of the most sought-after nuggets in Illinois history. Turning down countless other offers, he visited the campuses of six schools-Michigan, Illinois, Purdue, Kentucky, Kansas and Indiana (which made a strong social impression on Johnny by supplying him with a white summer tux and a stunning brunette date for a dance). The offers for his football services included the standard ones of room, board and tuition, with sometimes an additional alumni deal which Lattner will not discuss. He accepted Notre Dame's relatively modest offer: free tuition (a $620 item), room & board...
...Dorsey hastily reassembled his old Clambake Seven to record Way Down Yonder in New Orleans and Tiger Rag. Gene Krupa parked his successful 16-piece band, picked up a six-man crew in & around Greenwich Village and recorded his first oldtime jazz in more than ten years. Exchanging his tux for shirt sleeves and slacks, Drummer Krupa, who had his first taste of jazz from Louis Armstrong and the New Orleans Rhythm Kings back in the '20s, said with a big grin, "It's my first love. It's kicks...
...phone calls which have been coming in steadily for a week," began in response to a news story carried in the April 27 issue of "The Boston Globe." A fanciful "Globe" copywriter wrote feelingly of a University tux shortage, for which he did not blame the OPA but the recent European clothing drive conducted in this area. "He called upon sympathetic readers, and they certainly responded," said Smith. He asks those interested to contact Hartley Fleishmann '49 in Kirkland House...