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They were obviously energetic. In fact, they were determined. When they swept through the dining room door, the one in blue tweed had a card table tucked under one arm, a bunch of placards under the other, and a ballpoint pen in each hand. His friend were a dark brown jacket, glasses, and a briefcase. He walked very fast...
...everything right down here beside the door," the one in brown commanded. "Now they'll just have to go past us to get anything to cat." As the blue tweed struggled over the card table's legs, the one is brown sorted the placards...
...your article on David Riesman [TIME, Sept. 27] you opened up the subject of how rapidly America is changing. I feel you should be apprised of still another significant change in the U.S. scene. On leaving a Manhattan restaurant today with two friends, we were approached by a tweed-bearing, clean-shirted, clipped-mustached man of about 60. Said he, in an Ivy League accent: "I don't know my name. I can't think what my name might...
President and Mrs. Pusey were at home to their second freshman class yesterday. A long line of tweed and flannel clad figures wound through the 17 Quincy St. ballroom. At the head of the line, the President and his wife stood and chatted with the latest arrivals to the Yard. As the freshmen introduced themselves the President smiled politely and fidgited with his fingers. Mrs. Pusey asked a question. They answered briefly. Those students through introductions lounged about, cheerfully sipping tea, while those waiting in line shifted from foot to foot and coughed quietly...
There has always been malicious talk around college campuses that police are out to get students, that they are envious of tweed sport jackets, or some such thing. Of course, this is not true...