Word: exonian
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...various school journals, the Willistonian is the most readable weekly, the Exonian being vapid, and conveying the idea that it consists chiefly of advertisements. The Notre Dame Scholastic is, on the whole, interesting, though peculiar, and gives the impression that it is not entirely free from censorship. Good taste would seem to us to suggest the omission of brevities that refer to peculiarly sacred subjects, unless the paper aims to be a religious weekly, in which case other of the matter it contains is particularly out of place. We would also suggest that less space be devoted to advertising their...
Phillips Exeter celebrated Thanksgiving in the usual way, and the last Exonian contains the usual hilarious account...
Inquiring freshman - "I wonder what they mean by putting 'Ex.' after an itetm?" Second ditto - "Why, Exonian, of course...
...Exonian claims that Exeter's recent game with Andover was won by the latter only through the unfairness of the referee, Eaton, former captain of the Yale eleven. A touchdown made by Exeter was disallowed by the referee on the ground of a foul, although, says the Exonian, members of the Andover eleven admitted that it was fairly scored. The Exonian's charges against Mr. Eaton are serious, unless they can be refuted...
...Exonian suggests that Harvard's next move towards economy and the reduction of expenses be made by cutting down the "banquet fund" - in other words to serve the governor-elect of Massachusetts a cold lunch only on the day when in triumph he shall ride to Cambridge to take his degree...