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...Lautner '21, leading tenor of the Glee Club, who will appear as Algernon ("Stuffy") Danforth, the pseudo-romantic lover, will have four of the best songs in the show. A. Palmer '20, as "Bogus, a bally butler," has an eccentric dance specially which is equalled only by his song in the second act called "Khuh-Khuh." P. L. Cheney '21 has the part of "I'm al Waze F'hul," who is featured in the song "Sniffies," and in a dance of the triple-jointed variety...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PI ETA SHOW REACHES FINAL THREE DAYS OF REHEARSALS | 3/15/1920 | See Source »

...suggested that fraudulent collectors might be encouraged to practice their wiles on students, by the success of unauthorized collections of all sorts. For example, last week a youth was canvassing the Senior dormitories to raise money to pay what he called his "intuition fee." Such bogus enterprises are bound to follow so many intrinsically legitimate, but unauthorized appeals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A MISINTERPRETED EDITORIAL | 2/25/1915 | See Source »

...huge practical joke which was attempted yesterday by sending out a number of bogus dean's summonses, was a piece of smartness which calls for severe condemnation. Fortunately the attempt was only partially successful, for the deception was discovered early in the day. As it was, it resulted in a great deal of inconvenience at the college office he joke had not even the merit of being funny and for silliness and freshness it would be hard to match...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/25/1889 | See Source »

...some of the instructors to send the men in their courses postal cards giving notice of the marks received by them in their examinations. Some men, over-flowing with the jubilant spirits of youth, have seized this opportunity to "play tricks" on their follows, and have sent them bogus notices of their marks signed with some instructor's name. There is something essentially funny in this playfulness. We can hardly suppress a smile when we think of the sensation experienced by a man who has really earned A and receives notice that his mark is E. The thought...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/21/1888 | See Source »

...raving maniac who has been lingering about the CRIMSON sanctum for the last few days inserting bogus notices of hour examinations, has been caught and will be publicly cremated at the office this evening at nine o'clock. All present and past editors of the paper are cordially invited to be present...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 12/7/1887 | See Source »

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