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...think we can afford to permit ourselves a few feathers. Why shouldn't the Superintendent of Caretakers wear that title? I've no doubt that his predecessor, the Head Janitor he was called, spent a good deal of time trying to improve his authority weakened as it was by such a name. After all, the 'goody' is, nominally, a caretaker...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lane Defends University's Euphemisms--Says Large Plant Needs High-Sounding Names--"Press Agent" Would Never Do | 3/6/1925 | See Source »

Proceedings in the French speaking contest for the medal offered annually by the Comite France-Amerique of Paris, were called to a sudden halt last night in Sever Hall when an over-energetic janitor followed out his duties to the letter of the law, and turned out the lights and locked up a 9 o'clock sharp, without looking to see if the building was empty...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRECISE JANITOR LOCKS UP FRENCH STUDENTS IN SEVER | 12/19/1924 | See Source »

...judges, the contestants, and the audience were forced to grope their way in the dark from the top floor of the building only to find the door locked. After much prying and pushing the door still remained firm and as the janitor was not to be found the group had to use a window as an exit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRECISE JANITOR LOCKS UP FRENCH STUDENTS IN SEVER | 12/19/1924 | See Source »

Objections registered by Freshmen to the aroma of the power and to the noise of the rifles late at night, objections registered by the janitor to the numerous electric light bulbs and window panes shattered by erring marksmen, and the urgent need of that part of the building for a linen storeroom, are among the reasons for the election of the rifle team, although the official notification received by Captain B. D. Leaney '26, embraces only the last named reason...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Noise and Smell of Range in Smith Halls Cellar Annoy Authorities and Shooting Gallery Becomes Linen Closet | 9/27/1924 | See Source »

...home if they wish to read poetry on the day of rest, instead of exercising, modern children, resort no longer to Lewis Carroll and R. L. S. They turn for mental nourishment to the subtle lyrics of Miss Nathalia Crane, aged ten or eleven, who has just published "The Janitor's Boy, and Other Poems", to the sound of subdued cheers from the press of the country...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DANGEROUS PRECOSITY | 6/5/1924 | See Source »

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