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...bird became a major issue in the fight, with friends and enemies taking sides, and candidates switching opinions as the tide turned daily. A candidate dressed as an owl one day and appeared with an axe the next...
...double-double-axe," Button's favorite routine, was the high point of his performance. This maneuver involves a backward leap, two-and-a-half body spins, and a feather landing ending in a long glide to the left. The whole figure takes 30 feet...
...hasty action, the Council has presented a standing invitation to axe grinders who want backing for causes only remotely related to College affairs. The group has probably forgotten that its support is often construed by strangers as sanction by the entire student body--an unfortunate fallacy...
...wish was to change "a world of nations, caught in a web of hatred, suspicion, and mistrust, into a world in which people feel a community of spirit." He makes it clear that the Experiment is "not a language school, it is no joy ride, and it has no axe to grind...
These last two items led to the invasion of the hall by Carrie Nation, an axe-wielding prohibitionist. During the noon meal on November 14, 1902, she appeared in the gallery, where visitors came to "watch the animals eat", and was immediately recognized with cheers and jeers from the floor below. She shouted, "Boys! Don't eat that infernal stuff, it's poison." When she headed down the stairs with her nickel-plated hatchets, students quickly crowded around her, offering cigarettes and cigars, which she struck to the floor with indignation. When an uproarious mob had swept her into Sanders...