Princeton University - Bric A Brac Yearbook (Princeton, NJ)

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shortly after. The death of Bill Lynch, veteran full- back, was caused by a similar occurrence during pre- season practice. Ambitious seniors were greeted with a pleasant surprise to find that the library had dusted out a few more crannies and made more desks in the stacks for research work. Some space for books was reduced, but, until the completion of the President ' s Program, this will have to be a martyr to a better cause. Two polls of the incoming class aroused much comment as the President of the Senior Class re- placed the Chairman of the Princetonian as the most influential man on the campus. After the announce- ment of the results of another poll, an irate woman even went so far as to send a written criticism, which was incidentally ably answered bv a freshman, of the choice of the class of Hitler as a bigger man than Neville Chamberlain. The reply was to the effect that Hitler is not the more respected or liked but is certainly in the more dominant position. Reginald N. Lawrence ' 21 was chosen by the Tri- angle Club to direct its Fiftieth Anniversary pro- duction, Once Over Lightly, as Sandy Maxwell and Charlie Limberg held try-outs for the cast and chorus. Many dancers found this more exercise than they had had all year and limped stifflv around the campus for many days after. Orson Welles added a near-tragic climax to the month with a broadcast telling in the most realistic and vivid style of the invasion of New Jersey by a force of Martians with meteors and poison gas. Western Union was soon flooded with numbers of worriedly inquisitorv telegrams. Though most undergraduates were restrained from flight, no one was fleet enough to catch the chef of one of the clubs who boarded a train for the unmolested sunny South before anyone was aware that the radio program had more than started. November, 1938 As soon as the uproar of the Martian crisis subsided, the college settled back into its usual routine, which was disturbed only by the antics of several small scalping parties composed of Rutgers grid fans in anticipation of the coming game. Their customary pranks of painting large R ' s all over the campus, as well as generally defacing historic land- marks were rudely interrupted when one patriotic Princetonian released both barrels of a shot gun through the trees in their general direction and sent them running for cover. The almost fanatical zeal which had characterized the days preceding the traditional encounter between Princeton and Rutgers, and which had been regarded rather quizzically by Tiger undergraduates, was not to go unrewarded. On the following Saturday, the Bengal eleven was nosed out by an inspired Rutgers team which would not be beaten. Needless to say, this defeat plunged Princeton undergraduates into a state of gloom which even the splendid vic- tories of the cub gridmen over Yale and the Varsity 150 ' s over Penn could not entirelv dispel. Under such favorable omens as a clear sky and a warm sun, the Tiger Varsitv on November 12th rose to the occasion and whipped the Elis, 20-7. After the game, an extra edition of the Prince was given out which was as neat a piece of good- Spring term 285

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Custom Clothing Haberdashery Hats Riding Apparel 2x4 shop known to Princeton men for correct interpreta- tion of College styles at prices in keeping with quality. 32 NASSAU STREET PRINCETON.NEW JERSET COFFEE SHOP BREAKFAST LUNCH TEA DINNER AND in between time snacks 58 NASSAU STREET A PRINCETON LANDMARK DECORATORS TO DISTINGUISHED HOMES SLOANE FIFTH UIMK I 17TH STREE1 284

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Pcrfesrtjtre, 3nc. Tresents SMART CONSERVATIVE MEN ' S WEAR FOR TOWN AND CAMPUS Designed to appeal to dis- criminating undergraduates Ready to wear from $$$ Merchant tailored from SO) Distinctive Hats. Fur- nishings and Accessories. 64 Nassau Street Princeton A CHOICE OF ALL LEADING BRANDS Cousins Company, Inc. Fine Domestic and Imported Wines and Liquors AGENTS FOR BELLOWS and CO., INC. 54 cases of COLD BEER at all times 63 PALMER SQUARE. WEST • Tel. 218 THE BALT RESTAURANT BAKERY SODA FOUNTAIN Opposite Nassau Hall 2 86