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...guests was awaked by a man fumbling in a coat pocket, he believed the burglar to be this friend hunting for a cigarette, and did not trouble himself further. The culprit was described by the visitor as a dark man, 5 feet 9 inches in height, wearing a light cap and a dark overcoat. He also added that on the way out he heard the robber saying "46 and 47 next" to an accomplice in the hall. This has been the cause of many theories as to the nature of the robbery...
...Daniel Webster was expelled form Exeter have apparently assumed that the great American public usually demands from its statesmen an intimate knowledge of past and present lore. But that such an analysis is hasty and superficial is proved rather conclusively by the history of presidential elections, in which coonskin cap, log cabin, and campaign song, to say nothing of the cider barrel, have easily overshadowed in importance the sonorous orations of far-sighted politicians...
Reports published last week that Van Gerbig would be out of tonight's game went a-glimmering last night when Coach Gaw told a CRIMSON reporter that the Tiger ace has fully recovered from the injury which he received on his knee-cap. He will play for the most part on the defense, but the Princeton mentor also expects to use his best bet in the forward line, either at left wing or center. The game is called...
Like the fabulous hedge hog, the well-known "Cap and gown" agitation pokes its nose through the frozen ground about this time of every year, and promptly retires, to prolong its hibernation until the last possible moment. The agitation is due to the worthy but usually unsuccessful effort of the Class Committee to get an inert and rebellious Senior Class properly begowned and be-capped at least soon enough for the Class picture...
...immediately becomes apparent that there is nothing to say on this subject, except that almost everybody looks unusually silly in a cap and gown, and that therefore, public opinion should deny any man the advantage of remaining without this outfit after the majority have succumbed to the exhortations of the Committee and equipped themselves. And since shrewd students of economics may be able to figure out that $10 at the last minute is cheaper than $9.50 during the period of grace, considering interest at six per cent, compounded weekly, the inducement for early ordering should be made more sensational...