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Newsman MacMurphy's fortunes advanced. Finally he became the News's business manager. Every March 25 his St. Dismas piece crept a little nearer the front page. And on that day MacMurphy would write again the homely praises of his favorite saint: "There are so many better advertised saints, all specialists, that few mortals bother much with this hoodlum saint, who roams the outfield of eternity, making shoestring catches of souls-a saint who has no following to speak of, no medals, no propaganda. There's nothing to recommend him, really, except the fact that...
...feeling of staleness has crept over me," he confesses. "The present state of public affairs has induced in myself a depression of spirits so different from any other experience of fifty years as to be a new emotion...
...Quiet!" he thundered, and the friend crept away, shaking his head sadly...
...searched gingerly among the pilings under the walk while members of the volunteer fire department warned people to stay indoors. When police finally sighted Tuffy, they blazed away, slightly wounded him. He disappeared again. Two hours later Patrolman John Gares sighted the lion out on a wire-enclosed pier, crept up within five feet, shot him between the eyes...
...following list of Scholarship winners in the Class of 1942 was prepared from records in the Dean's office. Mistakes in spelling may have crept into the CRIMSON'S copy. Nor at this date may the list be final...