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...portable scare-crow and have appended to him before and aft placards bearing the firm injunction, keep off the grass. He might then be moved from place to place by "the authorities," and put athwart the pths of the sand-loving students who prefer to see a checker-board of paths, rather than to take a few extra steps and have a nice lawn of grass. Such a method of preventing the destruction of the beauty of the yard would be far more agreeable than the one which the college has at last resorted to, and would appeal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: KEEP OFF THE GRASS! | 5/15/1885 | See Source »

...checker championship contest in the junior class of Yale is talked...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 1/31/1885 | See Source »

Rested on the checker then...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LOVE AND CHECKERS. | 10/24/1873 | See Source »

...checker-board, unheeded...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LOVE AND CHECKERS. | 10/24/1873 | See Source »

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