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From the Archives Even with the recent expansion of
the ten residential college libraries, the problem of where to study has become
almost as pressing as the even older one of how long and how hard. Conditions,
while bad, are far from hopeless, particularly as long as the undergraduate retains
the ingenuity to ferret out the various secluded nooks and corners which are still
available to those who look for them. The anticipated construction of two more
residential colleges will relieve a good deal of the pressure since it has been
unequivocally stated that undergraduate enrollment will not be increased proportionately. Yale has apparently lost interest
in "horoscopes." A few years ago the anonymous publishers of these lists of probable
candidates for election to the three Senior Societies made their work very profitable.
Two years ago sentiment took a sharp turn against "horoscopes," some of which
contained contemptible attacks on men's characters, and the trade fell off. Newsboys
and sweeps did what little purchasing there was of the pamphlet published this
year. Reputable merchants have given notice they will no longer handle these forecasts. Special air service for residents
of the metropolitan area who want to get to New Haven for football games without
rising at dawn has been announced by the Colonial Airways System. The New Haven
service begins with the Army game this week. Planes leave Newark Airport at an
hour (not specified) that ought to mark the end of a reasonable morning's work
at the office, and reach the H. & H. Flying Field in West Haven, three miles
from the Bowl, in plenty of time for the game. Alex Murphy, the Yale Band's drum
major, recently went to jail in support of the football team. He led the band
and several hundred fans down the middle of Chapel Street on the way back from
the 16-14 victory over Dartmouth at the Bowl. But the New Haven police didn't
like the celebration because it blocked traffic. Murphy was arrested and charged
with breach of the peace and reckless endangerment. The judge dropped the charges
on the day before the Harvard game, pointing out that it was pointless to assume
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Alumni Magazine, PO Box 1905, New Haven, CT 06509-1905. USA.
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