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...banks of the Charles; if one may believe what he reads. But Fate is cruel, and already the prying eye of the reformer is looking askance at these nocturnal festivities. The end cannot be far; the unwanted rollicking student may soon be nothing but a squeaking and thirsty ghost...
...therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost...
Hanover, N. H., October 20.--Dartmouth began a strenuous four-day drive for the Harvard game today when Coach Hawley put the first team through the longest practice of the season. When dusk set in, a ghost ball was employed in order that the practice might be continued longer...
...masterly historical account of the deliverance of journalism from commercial bondage. "The spirit spread like a benign pestilence and presently it invaded even editorial rooms. In almost every great American city some flabbergasted advertiser, his money in his hand, sweat pouring from him as if he had seen a ghost, was kicked out with spectacular ceremonies. All the principal papers, growing rich, began to grow independent, virtuous, even virginal. No - - - could dictate to them, God damn ! So free reading notices disappeared, salaries continued to climb and the liberated journalist, taking huge sniffs of free air, began to think of himself...
This fall, however, the ghost has risen with a vengeance. In the appointment of a committee to stimulate and supervise Freshman affairs may be detected a dangerous effort not only to analyze indifference but actually to dispel it. The choice of class organization as a target for experimentation was wisely made, as the problem of getting out enough votes to make class elections valid has been a constant thorn in the sides of successive election committees, who have attacked the difficulty without stopping to find out why it exists...