Word: viewing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Saturday duties present a small variation from his daily fare. Last year he watched Varsity games from the Stadium roof where he could supplement by telephone communication Dick Harlow's limited view at ground level on the players' bench. This fall he makes varsity substitutions, crouching on the sidelines in front of the bench and giving players the final world before they go into the game. Harlow leaves him a free hand in this matter following a general overall briefing before the game and precluding unforeseen difficulties...
...Chanson de Roland and the Cid through Dante and Victor Huge to realism, naturalism, dadaism--even existentialism. One member of the Department's staff envisions "high selectivity" and a departure from the customary survey course pattern stressing detailed names of books and authors. "From the specialist's point of view it would all be superfluous," he ventures, but who cares...
Refreshingly different from other college libraries in its minimum fines and restrictions, Widener is loath to revert to the edict of 1931 and expel every student caught defacing a book. But in view of the wholesale destruction of bound newspaper copies, the cross-hatching of back examination forms, and the tendency to question the statements of unpopular authors with ink and bad taste, the library staff may be forced to apply thumb screws where simple warnings fail. However, even the most stringent regulations would only tax the ingenuity of college doodle bugs; any real amelioration of the situation must come...
Back of the theory of the cheering section lies a deep-rooted feeling that Harvard men deserve better seats than visiting females, and that anyone preferring to sit a girl should share the misery of her view of the game. Arguments that an all-male section cheers louder or presents a solid, threatening front to the opposition are also frequently used...
...Council is assigning special ushers within the date sections to check ticket stubs of spectators who are obviously not students or guests of students. The purpose of this checkup is to determine the extent of ticket-scalping, with a view toward future preventative measures...