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...That the payment of $100,000 (made without security, carried in a black satchel instead of conveyed in the usual channels, concerning which no records were kept and having for receipt a note with its signature torn off) was "contra bonos mores," "a fraud upon the United States," "a colossal infamy regardless of whether it was a bribe, a gift or a loan...
...were largely successful and, lacking further diversion along the same line, a convocation ensued which resulted in the building of a bonfire. In order to supply fuel, the venerable "Freshman Fence", dear to the memory of Yale graduates and esteemed as one of the traditions of the college, was torn from its historic position and was used piecemeal to feed the flames...
...hotel site was formerly occupied by St. Paul's Catholic Church. On January 30 of this year, while the old wooden structure was being torn down, it was announced that E. N. Wyner '16 had bought the plot for the purpose of erecting a large hotel...
Wild Birds. Another page torn from the hungry innocent existence of the prairies is this play, which won some sort of prize at the University of California. An orphan girl and a runaway boy on a farm fall rather inevitably into each other's arms. They attempt to run away from the brutal farmer, are hauled back. The girl finds herself about to have a child. The farmer beats the boy to death with a bull whip. The girl jumps into a well...
Smouldering Fires. Emotional acting is not regarded with the same reverence as it used to be. The beaten breast, the torn hair, the dripping tear are too often signs of antiquity. Pauline Frederick is one of its chief disciples now remaining and it must be said that she does much for its survival. In the present outburst, she is a business woman, no longer young, who marries a young man in her employ. The youth, it evolves, is really in love with her young sister. The opportunity for a grand renunciation scene is not overlooked. An excellent, if slightly oldfashioned...