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History is about to repeat itself on the Old Campus. Indian clubs, gas fixtures, and perhaps even a moose head will once again be seen in Durfee, Lawrance, and Welch Halls. As part of the project to renovate dormitories, three suites will be restored to what they looked like 60 to 100 years ago. The rooms will be open during the summer as part of the campus tour. It is hoped that the period furnishings in at least one of the rooms can be retained during the academic year so that students particularly interested in American culture can have the opportunity to live in such surroundings.
Of Dan X’s six puppies, the three females are automatically ineligible for consideration as the next Yale mascot. Male bulldogs only need apply for the title of “Handsome Dan.” Prior to the arrival of Dan IX, however, Horace Barnes '19 nearly got away with a fast shuffle under a blanket, by which one of his female bulldogs became “Dan-for-a-Day” at the Dartmouth game in 1953. A sharp-eyed picture editor told all the following Monday.
It seems to the writer that the worst enemies that Yale University has are the academic men; they get their AB, hike to Harvard for their law work, and leave the building of the Yale Law School to graduates from other institutions. By Yale men going to Harvard, it causes others to wonder and to follow the footsteps of Yale men. We think it about time that some of you academic men stand by Yale better than you have.
In an effort to humanize the admissions process, the admissions committee invited applicants to submit projects, such as art portfolios or music compositions. Among the responses were some rather unconventional samples of “art”—including, for example, a loaf of homemade bread. “Some very distinctive projects were submitted,” says Jane Morrison, assistant director of undergraduate admissions. “However, some of the more amusing ones didn’t affect the candidate’s chances in a positive way.” So the moral of the story is: Mozart is more important than macrame—more important, that is, if you want to go to Yale.
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