SCUTTLEBUTT

The highlight of the past--or any other--week was the eminently successful Dog Smoker, held last Thursday night. Produced by "Easy" Hughes, the entire program had the boys rolling in the aisles most of the way.

Easily the top man on the bill was our man Bell, current A-Section Leader. Bell, a New York attorney, demonstrated a mastery of the ad lib racket with a couple of take-offs. Other feature performers included the inimitable Witt, "Orson" Wells, "Red" Pace, Overson, Briggs, Baker, Barker, Bridgeman, and Gress on the blew-harp.

Still on the subject of smokers--it may be a losing battle, but this column suggests that efforts be made to repeat the performance in January.

Editorial work on the company year book is progressing in satisfactory style, according to Editor G. M. Mason. For Dog's information, the following ments: Watson, Zink, White, Curtis, men are assisting in the staff assign Stoeffel, Cowden, Hershberg, Peachey, Chester, R. W. Miller, Fitzgerald, Rohr, Byrne, Young, Craft, and Przychodzin. The title page of The Signal will feature a sepia tone, which, according to Mason, should stamp the book as a classy job from the beginning.

Miscellany: Byrne--he of the trigger mind--urges the shortening of the Harvard deal to a two-week stint . . . Orchild of the week to the Welfare Office for the Kid Xmas Party . . . Things we still don't understand: Why they call Pike "Conscienceless" . . . Section A has learned that the two-finger rule must be applied in more than one of their classes--ask Cook . . . Tomorrow will be the first "normal" working Nooyers Day for quite a few of the communicators . . . Until next week, HNY and all that.