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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Give Your Country Your Vacation" was first raised in the recruiting campaign for the 1916 Civilian Plattsburg Camps. It should today be the motto of every able-bodied undergraduate not entering the service at once; the idler is as bad as the draft dodger. Nor can it be a question of training on one hand against war work on the other. Do both--train for six weeks for your own future call, and then work for the nation's present needs until September 23. For no man in the United States should the summer of 1918 be called a vacation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GIVE YOUR COUNTRY YOUR VACATION. | 6/4/1918 | See Source »

...main attractions will be the African Dodger, an agile Ethiopian, father of the first Memorial Hall waiter ever brought into captivity. All Seniors with any pitching ability have been practicing for weeks in the Cage, the scene of the coming orgy, in order to become accustomed to the environment in which they will assail the elusive dodger. There will be several interesting exhibitions. A Jinx, and a Magufflin, one of those strange animals without any face, are being held under the personal guard of the Senior officers, who are relieving one another in four-hour watches. These queer beasts will...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DODGER PREPARED FOR WORST | 4/25/1916 | See Source »

...Louis'" German Band, under the glare of flaming torches. Immediately the brilliant carnival of amusements and music will begin on the first floor of the "Junket Hall." Every opportunity will be provided for getting rid of surplus coins. Prince "Pu-Pu-La," just imported from Africa, world's famous dodger, will perform. There will also be a specially built machine for sledgehammer artists, a game invented for the occasion entitled "tub and the ball," "whoop-la," and many other attractions. The great social event of the year will be the debut of the class mascot and her annual reception...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DATES FOR SENIOR PARTIES | 4/17/1914 | See Source »

...When the dodger has been mortally wounded and all prizes have been disposed of, the procession will start for the Yard, and is scheduled to arrive with the band...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DATES FOR SENIOR PARTIES | 4/17/1914 | See Source »

...April 30 and May 22. On April 30 will occur the great Country Fair in the baseball cage, the arrangements for which have been railroaded through the censorship of the authorities with only a few minor changes. Among the features fit for publication will be the renowned African dodger and the Sacred Pig of Siam, greased to the eyes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SIAMESE PIG AND AFRICAN DODGER | 4/4/1914 | See Source »

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