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Weekend Was Lull After Storm

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It was a quiet weekend. For the first time since school began late in September, football players were quietly studying in their rooms. The colorful plaid dresses, the raccoon coats and the leather-bound flasks gathered dust in closets.

Television rooms throughout the University were jammed as a few die-hards tried to prolong the football season by watching six hours of varied gridiron activity. For those who found the Army-Navy game dull, the Notre Dame-Southern California match provided three hours of good ball

And in Cambridge, Herman Hickman's All American football selections between the games was good for laughs.

But it was television. The liquor stores reported the expected slump, less severe than some expected, but neverthless, still far below earlier weekends.

Some people went to the basketball game, but thousands of girls were forced to spend an afternoon alone. It was a quiet weekend.

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