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Chances for a Crimson victory against the strong Cornell Freshmen this Saturday were considerably diminished yesterday by the absence of Kent Leavitt '26, due to an infected throat. There is virtually no chance of Leavitt's being able to row by day after tomorrow and Coach Bert Haines has been trying out various men to fill his place at number 7. A definite choice will be announced today...
...convention which these people affect. I wore my usual quiet air of assurance and my customary yellow flannel shirt (I should have preferred my other one,--which is more appropriately black,--but that I left at the Comrades' headquarters in New York) which I leave independently unbuttoned at the throat. Of course, I never use the affectation...
...girl, cames up panting: " Let him be tried by law." They reach the bridgehead. The leader calls for a stouter rope. Delay. The Negro whines: " Mister, before God, I'm innocent. That other nigger told me he did it. I would not die with a lie in my throat." The stouter rope is found, and one end is fastened carefully about the Negro's neck. He is is thrust along the bridge. The other end of the rope is fastened to the bridge...
...Premier recovered in so far as he was able to sit up and toy with half a grape fruit. The paralysis has entirely left his throat, leaving his power of speech free. His words were: " So this is Russia...
Some time later a scene occurred that has been described as " one of the worst since the days of Parnell." It started by an insistance from the Labor benches that Mr. Bonar Law, the Premier, answer questions personally. This he was unable to do, owing to his throat trouble. A statement to this effect was a signal for a general outburst of Laborite fury. The Red Flag was sung, and the uproar became so terrific that the Speaker was compelled to adjourn the session. In the general exit a good deal of inadvertent jostling occurred. One Laborite complained that...