"NO SPINACH" BALKS TEMPLE DESIRE TO BE NEAR FREDDY

Close on the pattering heels of advices from Hollywood that Freddie Bartholomew, precious duckling of the silver screen, may apply for admission to the college came ugly rumors yesterday that Shirley Temple, his constant rhumba companion at California hot-spots, may enter Radcliffe, an institution on Garden street.

Only possible hitch in the plans, it was stated by a highly dependable authority close to official sources, lies in the refusal of Radcliffe dieticians to guarantee Miss Temple three portions per diem of Cocomalt (trade advt.) and strained spinach a la Temple, i.e., with luscious slices of hard-boiled egg. Miss Temple, it was added, has already shown the proper Radcliffe spirit by agreeing to wear flat-heeled shoes, horn-rimmed glasses and, possibly, a ribbon in her hair.

Additional rumors that Steppin Fetchit was planning to enter a New Haven institution were quickly quashed with announcement that he has no raccoon coat.