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APRIL and MAY At the beginning of April, the underclassmen returned from their vacations, and the seniors, having finished their comps, left on theirs. The New Haven weather fmally began to get fairly good, and the courtyards 0f the library and the colleges became crowded with sunbathers and scholars 1nd combinations of the two. The spring athletic season got into full swing, and the track team developed into one of the greatest that Yale has ever had. Fraternity XVeekend and College XVeekend came and were enjoyed and passed, leaving only examinations between Yale and the world of the summer. The Dramats spring musical, Tom Jones,n was one of the highlights of the spring in New Haven entertainment. The freshmen were no longer allowed to walk on the grass of the Old Campus, and then suddenly they were not f reshmen any more. A110: Igor Murkevitch and the Lamoureux Orv chestm . . . the Yale Glee Club and the Connecti- cut College Chorus in Verdi Requiem . . . Georw gian State Dance Company . . . 1959 Nobel prize- winner Salvatore Quasimodo and playwright Moss Hart . . . Bullet Russe de Monte Carlo . . . Glee Club on network TV . . . Japanese ambassa- dor Koichiro Asakai . . . Averill Harriman . . . Salt Lake City mayor, J.Br21cken Lee. RI, Rev. lama Pike, Bixlmp 0f CJlifm'uiu