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...Tact, psychology, patience, and a sense of humor are the requisites of a good usher", according to an experienced member of the University Theatre's bright uniformed coterie. A good usher has to be able to handle everyone from little Cambridge ragamuffins to dignified but myopic old ladies, and he may use a different technique with each group...
Martin D. Schwartz '38, chairman of the entertainment committee, announces the appointment of the following men as ushers: Wiley E. Mayne '38 (head usher), Howard A. Cook '37, George T. Cushman '37, Robert A. Dowd '38, Robert W. Snyder '38, and C. Philip Hammond...
William A. Cordingley, Jr. '40, head usher, will be assisted by John T. Devine '40, Thomas V. Healey '40, Samuel Hoare '40, John F. Kennedy '40, Albert L. Maguire '40, Peter E. Pratt '40, and Peter S. Thompson...
This was enough to make U. S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull and other Free Traders generally shed tears of joy. It may mark the end of the post-War craze for excessive Nationalism and usher in a hopeful period of world economic appeasement, freer trade and resultant Prosperity...
...probable that every application for usher will be accepted, but there are only 160 places available for ticket takers. The main basis of selection is that of experience, all men not having previous training being rejected. Although the number of applicants is high it does not approach the mid-depression figure of 800 requests to handle tickets...