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Relations which may be truthfully described as more than just "cordial" not only exist, but become more and more obvious as time goes on. Today's meeting between the Tiger and the Lampoon emphasizes the friendly feeling which exists between the student bodies of the two institutions in a way which will be appreciated by all close followers of the Harvard-Princeton situation...
...view of the generally favorable Harvard feeling as regards the Princeton situation, the CRIMSON feels that it is truthfully representing the opinion of the whole University in extending to the Tiger a most hearty welcome, and in expressing publicly the hope that today's meeting will be only a forerunner of a completely satisfactory entente with Princeton in the near future...
Over the present week-end the Harvard "Lampoon" will serve as hosts to members of the Princeton "Tiger". Arriving this morning by boat from New York, the board of the "Tiger" will be guests of members of the "Lampoon" until tomorrow afternoon...
Natural history books call them "jaguars" but "tiger" is the local name for the big mottled cats of Brazil, which grow nearly as big (300 Ibs.) and almost as strong as the biggest cats of Bengal. Brazilian cattle-raisers are glad when a tiger is killed. They prey on beeves. Few ranchers bother to hire tiger men and the state pays no bounties but any rancher will outfit a hunter with horses and food. The hunter's income then derives from the sale of skins ($40 each, f.o.b. the jungle) and live cubs ($400 each). Also there are plenty...
Hunting Brazilian tigers as practiced by Alexander Siemel requires a few courageous mongrel dogs, a high-powered rifle with a bayonet attached or a six-foot spear. The dogs trail the tiger. If they tree it, Hunter Siemel shoots it through the head. (If shot through the heart, the beasts sometimes live long enough to claw a dog to death.) If the dogs run a tiger into a cave, Hunter Siemel goes in after it, spear or bayonet in hand. That, he says-for he is a sportsman as well as a businessman-is the finest way to kill...