Tufts University - Jumbo Yearbook (Medford, MA)

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Men's basic garb was still a pair of pants and a coat but the most popular style seemed to be the Ivy League Look with the oxford grey, three button single-breasted suit, and striped tie. Shorter hair, bermuda shorts, and knee socks Were popular fads among the girls on college campuses. Some men tried to cool their knees a bit too. The brief bikini Was okay for the Riviera, but Amer- ican females Wanted a bathing suit that was functional as well as revealing.

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How did the American of these prosperous years react to the expanding economy and greater material comforts? These cartoons portray some of the changes. Marketing became a family affair at numer- ous mass-consumption supermarkets which stayed open at night. Because of the high cost of labor and the great number of mechanized aids and gadgets, Americans were ensnared in a do-it-yourselfu trend and rivaled the log cabin builders of pioneer days in personal interest in their homes. I , S.-.rf X nt, fd , S The excitement over interior decorating was part of this home-consciousness. The modern homes had more functional furnishings, more color, more informality, and more exotic materials, and one of the biggest fads was mobiles: suspended, oddly-shaped, delicately bal- anced contraptions of Wood, metal, or plastic. f -is c ew, 1,1 9' glhi Y Y V 1 WY V V A 'I V Willa' a, r X T I 4 x X V he y--

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To the amazement of some, America had her cultural side too. Young Evelyn Statsinger was one of the most honored of American ab- stractionists. Like all art, her Work is difficult, perhaps impossible, to reproduce in non-color photographs, but it achieved a haunting mood of calm and mystery, although the inclusion of endless details gave it a textural appearance. Sculptor William King avoided the prevalent welded-steel monsters resembling giant insects and expressed a refreshing earthy touch in his work. Stuart Davis said of his work: I paint what I sec in America. ov Q9 i 4 Two of our most patriarehial and revered poets, New England's Robert Frost, 80, and the Midwest's Carl Sandburg, 76, were outrunning Father Time for the nation's benefit. But 87-year old Arturo Toscanini, the world's greatest performing musican of the day, after a thrilling final symphony and a legendary 68 years as a conductor finally stepped down from the podium.