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Thanks chiefly to the dramatic nature of the trial and execution not long ago of Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray, the question of capital punishment has come up again. Much opinion has been aired, editorially and otherwise, and conclusions have been varied. From lively descriptions of ghostly apparitions in the...
A gift of $100,000 from a graduate known only as "Alumnus Aquaticus" is the first definite step toward an immediate start on the construction of a swimming pool primarily for undergraduates, it was announced yesterday by the H. A. A. Tentative plans call for the erection of a large...
On Friday, the thirteenth of this month, an unfortunate couple were put to death by electrocution. This fact alone, one would think, ought to satisfy the individual who is interested in the dispensation of justice, for, after all, this is really the only significant feature of the case. But this...
Placed wisely, perhaps, in a period of little activity, is the peculiar burden imposed at this time on inventive members of the Junior Class, and their less witty and more unfortunate mates. It is a task that takes little time in execution, it is true, but being a unique and...
"The need for a trial, which could have had but one result, was a thing nobody thought of. . . . The Public was invited to do with the Prisoners as they pleased. In consequence many a helpless prisoner was slashed with penknives and spat upon as the group tramped their sorrowful way...