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Those who have had experience in collecting here or anywhere know but too well that the only way to get money out of a man is to "dun" him in person. The postal card method has been tried before on classes which in the end subscribed liberally toward their crews, and found decidedly wanting. The present Senior class, which has now a large surplus in its crew treasury, will remember that in its Sophomore year, over-confidence in the postal method nearly proved disastrous. A very possible solution of the present problem may thus be for some...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/6/1898 | See Source »

...Frint, M. Dun...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sophomore Crew. | 12/11/1890 | See Source »

...DUN OWE.bts eve ryo newh oo wes usoned ollaro r mo refo rthis pape rwillp lea senotrea d itan ymore un til heha spa idhisde...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 4/5/1887 | See Source »

...crew leaves in a few days for New London, it is absolutely necessary that part, if not the whole of the unpaid subscriptions, should be paid at once. As the time is so short, it is impossible for the managers to go to each man separately and dun him for his subscriptions. The management hopes, therefore, that the men who owe money to the university crew will take this opportunity of paying, as it will greatly assist the treasurer in his duties which are particularly arduous at this time of the year. As over a thousand dollars have...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/3/1884 | See Source »

Drear and dun, all in a mist-land airy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DE ARTE POETICA. | 10/15/1880 | See Source »

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