Ringo's Gone; Cliffies Sob and Shrug

If an Englishman, worth more than you'll ever dream of making or marrying, weds a hairdresser, do you react at all? Well, you do if his name is Ringo Starr and you're still a single college girl--even a Cliffie.

Random telephone calls to Radcliffe last night showed that a substantial segment of students are wearing sack-cloth and ashes. "I'm really broken up. I want to know what she looks like," walled the young lady on bells at Edmands House. Another Cliffie had already seen a picture of the new Mrs. Beatle, and offered that she thought Ringo could have picked a prettier mate. "But I guess it's okay; they've been going together for a long time."

A call to Coggeshall House was received by a "Wait a minute," a heated conference, and a group decision: "We like them all very much as musicians, and we love Ringo as a brother, but if it had been Paul it might have been a different matter." A girl in Eliot Hall giggled nervously as she agreed, "I was very disappointed. It's so disillusioning. Because if Ringo can get married so can Paul, and that's what I was after."

"Why No 'Crimson's?"

Other Radcliffe reactions ranged from "I don't know he was married, but can you explain why my CRIMSON hasn't been delivered all week?" to "Very good for Ringo--I think a hairdresser is precisely what he needs" and "I can't think of anything less relevant."

Probably the most convoluted reaction to the passing of the second Beatle (John is married) was given by a post-teen in Moors Hall. "I had heard that Ringo was going to attend the Air Force Academy, and since just about anyone will be able to play on their football team next year, may be we could talk Harvard into playing them so we could see him up close."

The most common reaction was echoed by the girl on bells at Bertram Hall. "I don't have any real feeling one way or the other, but yesterday morning at breakfast I heard a good number of outraged cries. This surprised me because I didn't think Radcliffe girls were like that."