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...temptation to choose an unfamiliar word for its mere sound is a trap that has caught others besides the Government and Mrs. Malaprop. The prodigious oaths of small boys can scarcely be called profanity: they are nothing more than an innocent Pistolese, "full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." Politicians, publicity agents, and country ministers have vocabularies of similar range and equal disregard for dictionary conventions. One is reminded of the early CRIMSON book-review which said that Professor Norton's notes on the Lowell letters were of course "of infinitesimal value...
...fact that the Department of Justice used agents provacateurs to trap the Communists was one of the sensational revelations of the Foster trial. The State revealed the identity of another "under cover" man from the Department by adding the name of Louis Lobel to the list of witnesses against Ruthenberg. Lobel was one of the Government spies who watched the secret convention of the Communists before it was raided by direction of Francis Morrow ("K-97"), star witness for the prosecution against Foster. Dramatic developments are expected...
...casts for the two plays. "The Trap" and 'T'he First Day", which the 47 Workshop will present at Agassiz House Thursday and Saturday, March 29 and 31, were announced yesterday. "The Trap" was written by Lydia Garrison and "The First Day", a comedy in one act, by J. M. Brown '23. Both performances will be restricted to members of the 47 Workshop and those on its guest list...
...cast of "The Trap" follows: Alex Carpenter, Stewart Masters Laura, his daughter, Miss Kathleen Middleton Jimmy, his son, F. L. Srong '23 Maxa, a younger daughter Miss Marguerite Barr Esther, his wife, Miss Doris Halman Esther's father ("Grandad"), Cecil Rollins 1G. Henry Lindsey, a young man of the village, Harold Bates...
...Club will officially open its spring season at 12.10 o'clock today when automobiles will leave Claverly to take all men who are interested in trap-shooting to the Boston Athletic Association traps at Riverside. This is the first of a series of practice shoots to be held on Thursday of each week at Riverside, and on Fridays at the traps of the Montclair Gun Club. The Thursday practice is an innovation adopted to enable those men whose afternoons are occupied with athletic practice, to engage in shooting practice as well. The guns used at these practices will be furnished...