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Apparently overlooked in the wave of jazz and swing that has swept the country in recent years, the old Virginia Reel, polka, and Schotish of yesteryear are enjoying a rebirth of popularity, appearing with increasing prominence at parties and among the colleges of the country...
...began to spend all his time groping about his shaky upper register for the edification of the assembled jitterbugs. All of which shows what years of constantly playing down to the crowd have done to the quality of trumpeting of just one of a number of the stars of yesteryear...
...observing that all the students of yesteryear had to warm themselves with an ample supply of rum, the Governor warned against softness, although he expressed faith in the good judgment of modern youth. "We all must make sacrifices to preserve the future of our country," he said. "A student's hard work comes now, in college, when he is preparing to take on his later responsibilities...
...Mickey, where are the shows of yesteryear? Once you seemed to combine the talent of a Huey Long and a Father Coughlin; but last night at Sanders Theatre you were a dud. You had heard that the Student Union was going to present a play entitled "Waiting for Lefty". Someone had told you--for it's not likely that you read any contemporary drama but your own--that it was a leftist play. You sallied forth to go through your usual paces. This time, though, you looked off form. No one laughed. No one pledged you his vote for next...
Horseshoe flings a gay revue of yesteryear, all fluffy ruffles and "cheesecake." Scenes of pre-War Rector's, of Delmonico's on New Year's Eve with Diamond Jim Brady and Lillian Russell, a medley of old Ziegfeld Follies tune hits, tincture sex with nostalgia. Waddling souvenir of the past is onetime Glamor Girl Fritzi Scheff gurgling Kiss Me Again...