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Tradition is still revered at Wellesley. Miss Margaret Lahey has won the 80th annual traditional hoop-rolling race, and thus, according to tradition, will be the first in her class to wed. One male student entered the race and, as tradition prescribes, was dumped in a lake. Five girls streaked.

Senator Barry Goldwater sheds some light on the paper shortage, reporting that federal paperwork now costs an estimated $15 billion a year, up from $4 billion in 1965. American businessmen pay another $ 18 billion to process the forms. The Federal Government has 2,500 kinds of forms and sends out two billion forms a year, ten for every man, woman, and child. The IRS uses 14,000 different forms. For further information, write Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C., and ask for a form request form.

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