INFLATION

A controversy was in store for returning students. The 75-cent haircut had become a tradition on Main Street. Last year Dartmouth men went home to Cedar Rapids, lowa, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with beautifully barbered locks. People at hometown dances and parties would gather in corners and whisper, "Gad, did you see Biggy Green's haircut? A real beauty! No wonder he's been dancing with the most beautiful girl in town all eve- ning!"

"Yeah," would come the response. "He stole my girl last night and she's been telling me to buy a toupee ever since. And here's the pay-off! That eighth wonder, that Waldorf barber's dream, that Clark Gable clip, only cost him 75 cents!" "No!!" (Chorus)

And after the vacation was over, idle barbers in Princeton, New Haven, and Cambridge would beam hopefully through their front windows at college men. Sneers were the only result. There's even an ugly rumor going about that an infuriated Harvard man actually shook his fist at a Harvard Square Tonsorial Expert (hair- cuts 85 cents).

All this is now a thing of the past. An ultimatum has been handed down. Walt and Ernie, Tony, Louie LaCourse, and Dick Stone have turned icy backs on President Truman's pleas against inflation.

Hanover haircuts are 9o cents!