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Raucus shouts and stamping of feet may again echo through the majestic gloom of Memorial Hall, and basketballs and indoor baseballs may hum through the surprised air of the solemn have, accompanied by the shrieking of school-children if the President and Fellows grant a petition presented last week by the City of Cambridge...
...George Washington have ever attained that universality of fame which belongs to the Little Corporal. Hence, because many millions of words have failed to say all that is to be said, Napoleon continues, and will long continue, to make the ink flow, the typewriters clatter and the printing-presses hum...
...past few years Crimson rooters lining the banks of the Thames in June have been able to hum "Here come the dog-gone Elis" to no exulting strains of victory. Sharp disappointment has led to sharper criticism, with the result that pessimism has been the prevailing attitude toward the "crew situation". In a measure the work of candidates and coaches must necessarily suffer in such an atmosphere. But with the arrival of Coach Stevens and his staff there seems to have occurred a definite reversal...
...held of a new protective organization, to be known as the Fraternal Order of Bananas. This association has been formed for one particular purpose the advancement of the cause of humor in the United States. Actually, its purpose is clear. Henceforward, the first unfortunate Gothamite who starts to hum, "Yes, We Have No--" will probably be seized by yellow-robbed members of the brotherhood and summarily silenced...
...Junior is only a Junior when he has ceased to yawn. The College office generally has aided him materially toward that end. He is sometimes heard to mutter "Hum" in a doubtful sort of way as if all within were not settled. A troubled brow and an occasional glance in the direction of a book-covered desk suggest a coming storm...