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By CAROLE PAQUETTE AMHERST — Will you 80 out with me next weekend, George?”’ said a pert. University of Massachusetts coed recently. And not an eyebrow was raised; the occasion was none other than the traditional “H.E.R.” week end — His Economic Re lief, that is — a distant cousin of Hawkins Day. But in stead of merely catching their dates, the young ladies also fi nance the week-end. 0 0+ ROYALTY was not neglect ed for the festivities and five stalwart males vied for the title, “King of HER Week-end”. A cookout Saturday and a free admission. (which makes all the difference in the world) concert. on Sunday were high points. And Gamma Sigma Sigma service sorority sisters allowed themselves to become enslaved by men of ‘the campus. They gave shoeshines.for a quarter. in honor of the annual celebration. ‘The week ene ‘was imitiated mach” “years BED im wodert uw “give losses an idea of just how ex pensive a date can be. And ord inarily the lads take full advan tage of it, while groaning, ‘‘How come every week-end isn’t HER week-end?’’. Student creativity is now ob servable throughout the campus. First, three students are giving poetry readings of their own works in Amherst’s Jones ‘Li brary. One of them, Steven Or len, recently read for the Emily Glascock Petry award, the ‘first UM student ever to compete. Also, in the artistic vein, a student art exhibit in Bartlett Hall lobby, shows promise of being infinitely better than the Four College Art exhibit last winter. Finally the very colorful and imaginative arrangement of sun bathing blankets in the girls dor mitory quadrangle is definitely worth seeing. And, no joke, bathing attire ranges from rolled-up barmuda shorts to wrap-around towels with shades of bikinis in ‘tween. 0- -0 0- FOLKSINGER Bob Dylan re cently appeared at UM ‘as part of a civil rights program and was companied by a retinue of frizzy - maned men and shaggy-locked women. Dylan, with his gravel voice and bluegrass music, was also accompanied by a young lady who was thought to be the clear, sweet , voiced Joan Baez... . but she turned out to be only a waitress in a Boston nightclub who had come up for the concert. The professional protester Dy lan and cortege immediately zoomed to the local pub for a private party after the con cert.
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Greenfield Recorder Gazette
Greenfield, Massachusetts, US
Tue, May 05, 1964
Page 15
Full Page
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