Burns and Douglas Mitchell, sophomores at Harvard, were
arrested last night for creating a disturbance in the dining-room of
the Mayflower Hotel by letting loose a South American baboon with a
pack of firecrackers attached to its tail. When arraigned before
Magistrate Conroy, they declared that they were celebrating Harvard's
Early English victory over Yale, and were discharged."
_From the Yale "News" of June 12, 1940:_
"In the presence of twenty thousand spectators, including the President
of the United States, the greater part of his Cabinet, and several
foreign ambassadors, Yale's 'varsity eight simply ran away from
Harvard in the tenth annual competition in Romance languages and
philology. Yale took the lead from the start, and at the end of fifteen
minutes was ahead by 16 points to 7.... This splendid victory is due in
part to the general superiority of the New Haven eight, but too much
credit cannot be given to little Howells, who steered a flawless
contest. The Blue made use of the short, snappy English style of
text-book, while Harvard pinned its faith to the more deliberate German
seminar system.
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