Word: yards
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Jammed into Philadelphia's Academy of Music, the biggest audience of the season rubbered last week when Jazzmaster Paul Whiteman stepped briskly forth in a black coat, striped trousers and chalky spats, sporting an overgrown carnation and a yard-long baton. They rubbered also at the 25 musicians Mr. Whiteman had imported from his celebrated band to augment the efforts of 101 regular members of the Philadelphia Orchestra. For two hours, supported by the orchestra, the newcomers tooted saxophones, snorted through trombones, rattled wind machines, picked guitars, shrilled police whistles, thumped tom-toms, pumped accordions, wailed on bagpipes, clicked...
John J. Colony, Jr. '37, who is a free-styler, leads the team as captain; but the primary interest will lie in the members of the Junior class, paced by Charlie Hutter, national intercollegiate 100 yard free style champion and a member of Uncle Sam's Olympic team in Berlin last summer. His classmate Graham Cummin is also an intercollegiate champion, having won the backstroke in that meet in record-breaking time. Two other top free-style men from the class of '38 are Donald McCay and Donald Barker...
Great speculation has been going on during the last few days as to the object of the dashes of white paint which have appeared along the curbing in the Yard...
...meeting of the Yard Questions Committee of the Harvard Student Union last night, Harold P. Winchester '39, chairman, outlined a plan for a cooperative dining hall for those members of the University who do not eat at the regular halls...
...following Freshmen will canvass the Yard; Holworthy Hall, James M. Mixter; Thayer Hall, Arthur W. Page, Jr., and Frank S. Streeter; Weld Hall, Walter D. Riddle, Jr.; Stoughton Hall, John I. Mohler; Hollis Hall, Langdon B. Gilkey; Lionel and Mower Halls, Christian M. Lauritzen...