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...people" are unusually stupid. Newspapers warn them of impending danger day after day; yet like the mouse exploring the depths of the sinster, red wooden trap, they persist stubbornly in following prejudice rather than good sense. Today if Mr. Murphy wins as he deserves to, it will be in spite of those who are "die-hard" Republicans, men as well as women...
...hits, won first scratch honors at yesterday's shoot, while J. M. Forbes '23 was high handicap shot, with a score of 44. L. R. Forest '23 and R. W. Read '22 tied for second handicap honors with scratch totals of 40 and 37 respectively. The American Trap Shooting Association's trophy which was recently presented to the Club has been awarded to C. B. Austin 2L., who had a total for the shoots of the last two weeks of 91 out of a possible...
...group, receiving a silver cup and bronze medal respectively, while a silver medal for highest scratch honors has also been provided. A silver trophy to be presented to the holder of the highest average scratch places for two matches has been given to the University organization by the American Trap Shooting Association...
This afternoon the University Gun Club will hold the fourth of its weekly handicap shoots at the B. A. A. traps at Riverside. The shoot is open to all members of the University, and men intending to enter will meet in front of Claverly Hall at 2.30 o'clock. Guns will be supplied by the Club. Winners of first and second handicap places will be awarded a cup and medal respectively, while legs on the season handicap and scratch trophies will also be competed for. The American Trap-shooting Association has presented a silver cup to the University Gun Club...
...Shapley is also known as an entomologist, and has done some interesting work in investigating the ants of the California mountains. He discovered, for instance, that the speed at which these creatures move depends on the temperature, and that for some species the time of running through a "speed-trap", as shown by the stop-watch, gives the temperature of the surrounding air within one degree. He found that the ants went twelve times as fast at 100 degrees as at 50 degrees...