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Despite his reserve, Pusey is universally acclaimed a "good sport" by the students. A few carp that hi is too strict a disciplinarian, but concede that regulations at Lawrence are tougher than at most colleges and that someone must enforce them. At convocations, he unloosens his dignity a bit and takes part in the skits. In "The Shooting of Dangerous Dan McGrew," a recent offering, Pusey donned a false mustache and celluloid pop eyes to play a bartender...
Despite his reserve, Pusey is universally acclaimed a "good sport" by the students. A few carp that hi is too strict a disciplinarian, but concede that regulations at Lawrence are tougher than at most colleges and that someone must enforce them. At convocations, he unloosens his dignity a bit and takes part in the skits. In "The Shooting of Dangerous Dan McGrew," a recent offering, Pusey donned a false mustache and celluloid pop eyes to play a bartender...
...Atlantic seaboard, the trout seasons opened with a flush of high water and goodly bags of 15-inchers. Michigan fishermen were out by the thousands, dropping night crawlers, minnows and plugs into the cold water. Some Michigan devotees, in non-trout waters, were taking so-called "rough fish," e.g., carp and suckers, by an ancient method: lantern fishing with a bow & arrow. Chicagoans were dipping for smelt along the lakefront, and Mississippians were getting ready to "hand-grab" for catfish...
...brother, Sam Carp, is a wealthy businessman in Bridgeport, Conn...
...protests pour in, the police present a series of rationalizations in answer. They carp on the old favorites of parked cars impeding snow clearance and blocking fire engines on the way to a night-time blaze. Now that snow has migrated north, the study fire engines must bear the bulk of the rather shaky argument. During the day the Fire Department has to battle through streets cluttered with parked and moving cars, and seems to fare pretty well. There is no reason why they could not do even better at night, when there are few drivers about...