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...Phillip Washburn Prize of $140, for the best thesis presented by a candidate for the Bachelor's degree with honors in history, was awarded to Charles D'Autremont...
...Larry Washburn '40, experienced mountain climber, had brought a nanny goat and her two babies into the formerly serene theatre in order to find out whether or not they would be adaptable for enhancing the mountain scenery of the play...
Rejecting all bids, Promoter Washburn took a new tack. He offered U. S. newlyweds free two-week honeymoons in the Gulf Coast paradise. In no time they had hit him with applications for some 2,000 suites. Laying out $15,000 to clean up the island, build shacks and a recreation hall, Mr. Washburn, a quiet, thin man with brown eyes, greying hair and the demeanor of a deacon, set out in search of a king & queen for Hog Island, rechristened Honeymoon Isle...
...Mary Beauvais, 20, dentist's helper, and Airline Clerk Tom Phelps, 22, of St. Louis) moved into one of a row of board huts-not much bigger than bathing houses but thatched over to give them a romantic air-and settled down to honeymoon. By June 1 Promoter Washburn expects to have enough huts to accommodate 50 handpicked couples every two weeks, which will scarcely dent the application list...
Meantime, Promoter Washburn has been flooded with offers. A bus company is willing to put up $5,000 for the sightseeing concession. Baptist Washburn scorned a $2,000 offer for the beer concession with the explanation: "If you were to start a new business, you wouldn't prepare for it by getting drunk every night." At present he is angling for a commercial radio tie-up to let the U. S. know how the honeymooners are doing daily. After the honeymoon season, the city of Tampa is interested in taking over the island for a tourist playground. One unromantic...