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...criticism. But few people know, Mr. Bangs said, the cause of that change. Rudyard Kipling had a little daughter to whom he was greatly devoted. When he fell ill, he was unconscious for fifteen days, during which time his daughter was suddenly taken sick and died. Kipling's first request upon gaining consciousness was for his daughter, and he had to be told that she had died ten days before. "Right then," Mr. Bangs said "something broke in that great heart; and that is why someone has said that Rudyard Kipling might better have died eighteen years...
...note that the Yard-dwellers unanimously concur in denouncing the unholy jangle which startles their slumbers every morning at 7 o'clock. It seemed impossible that such an apparently useless pest should be continuously perpetrated unless there were some good reason; and hence the CRIMSON long resisted the insistent request of many men to voice their execration of the nuisance. But inquiry seems to show that it rests upon a tradition, which has persisted after its use has long vanished...
...Upon the request of certain unclassified students the CRIMSON prints the following list of non-athletic organizations and prizes for which unclassified students in the University may compete...
...been announced from the Yale Athletic Association that Princeton through Dean McClannahsen sent a request that these men be declared eligible...
...date book which is kept in the office of the Union at the request of the Student Council, is now open for signing up dates of coming meetings and entertainments. All heads of organization in the University should consult it before arranging for dates...