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...Rovers are as American as The Saturday Evening Post - and yet they are neither Babbitts, beautiful, damned nor Gopher Prairie yokels. They are merely what the average American boy between ten and sixteen would like to be, and they do the things which that boy would like to do. The wandering Patagonian musing on the ruins of Brooklyn Bridge in the year 3,000 could reconstruct every external of our present life and civilization from this series of books, as well as most of our ideals. He would think our normal life a little more exciting than...
...Supreme Court adjourned for the Summer and will not again convene until October 1. Sixteen cases were left undecided and must await action until Fall. They include four on the alien land laws of California and Washington, three on the taxability of the " Massachusetts trusts," North Dakota's claim against Minnesota for flood damages on the Bois de Sioux River, and others. Among the cases to come up in the Autumn is also the Government's appeal for an injunction to prevent the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange from dealing in sugar futures...
Upon since learning that the wearers of the CRIMSON had again decided to comply with a precedent of sixteen years and would probably defeat Lampy by the usual overwhelming score of 23-2 the spirits of the Ibis have become considerably dampened. Members of the lampoon, when interviewed by a CRIMOSN reporter last night, refused to divulge their line-up although it is rumored that Bob, pitching for the would be humorists, is one of the strongest potential scorers for he CRIMSON nine...
...therefore certain that on Wednesday the Pen-pusher and the this will line upon Soldiers Field in full regalia. But upon learning that the wearers of the Crimson had again decided to comply with a precedent of sixteen years and would probably defeat Lampy by the usual overwhelming score of 23-2, the spirits of the this became immediately damponed. The saturation point, it is announced, will be reached at three o'clock Wednesday...
About thirty men applied for work outside of school hours and sixteen were helped in finding employment. Registration of men desirous of obtaining work during the next school year is now going on so as to assist in locating work for the men as early as possible...