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...while Gen. Butler has retired to the quiet of his study with a borrowed copy of a degree and the "trot" furnished by the Advertiser. But no sooner do these deadly foes of Harvard retire from the attack than an old foe re-appers on the scene - the "musical fiend...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE LIBRARY IN DANGER. | 6/7/1883 | See Source »

...represented by an aged man with a leaky bucket of water, promptly appeared and attempted to quench the conflagration. Repeated efforts, aided by a snow-shovel, at last prevailed, and only the charred remains of six once flourishing and prosperous barrels remained to mark the path of the fire-fiend. Late in the night the drowsy slumberer was awakened by the explosion of a belated cracker smouldering in the coals, and uttering its expiring gasp long after its fellows had died their death of glory. Then quiet reigned and all was still...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 12/6/1882 | See Source »

...EDITORS OF THE HERALD: It would be a great convenience to men who are preparing for the examinations if the musical (?) fiend in the north entry of Thayer would cease his chromatic gyrations until after the semis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/26/1882 | See Source »

Again the fair name of Columbia has been brought into disrepute by the freshness of the theatre-cheering fiend. There is always a certain number of the "great unsalted" in college, who persist in giving the college cheer in a place of public amusement at some time during the year. - [The Columbia Spec...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NOTES AND COMMENTS. | 1/23/1882 | See Source »

Towards that man who's a 'mucker,' a 'thing,' and a 'fiend...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MATRICULATED BUT NOT INITIATED. | 12/20/1881 | See Source »

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