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...momentary digression. "One could do it by crouching in a dark alley with a slouch cap drawn over his eyes and a chloroform handkerchief in one hand and a pistol in the other ready to jump upon the victim and toss her unconscious into an automobile, and lock her up later in a room, or one can open a cafe and enliven it with music and attract young women there as a miller is drawn toward the light, then fill their veins with wine, till their head is light and their senses are disturbed, their consciences numbed, and the natural...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHASE ADVOCATES "NEW PURITANISM" | 4/14/1926 | See Source »

...vagabond's life is romantic if it is anything, and a vagabond who does not lock up to the more renowned members of his genus is nothing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE STUDENT VAGABOND | 4/10/1926 | See Source »

...Several rooms which are occupied by students who were away last night have not yet been entered. The janitor had gone home at the time of the hold-up and no pass keys could be secured. The belief that the fugitive ducked into some unlocked room and snapped the lock after him was still rife among many of the occupants of Matthews late last night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Daring Yegg Holds Up Matthews Hall Student at Point of Gun--Yard Cops in Frantic Search for Elusive Gunman | 4/7/1926 | See Source »

...Lampoon will start its last business competition of the year with a meeting of candidates tonight at 7.30 oc'lock in the Lampoon Building. This is the final chance for members of the class of 1928 to try out for the Business Board. No work will be required during the April Recess or the Final Examination period...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Start Lampy Competition | 4/7/1926 | See Source »

...entirely fanciful, but I don't think there is anything like the saving of energy that they advertise, nor do I think they'll ever do a two mile course 25 lengths faster than they do now. The most important of these inventions is the sliding oar lock which is supposed to give an absolutely straight pull through. The idea is undoubtedly sound, but it is not likely to be widely adopted. The other inventions in the pneumatic seats and moving footrests mean little...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1929 COACH BELITTLES NEW ITHACA ROWING INVENTIONS | 3/18/1926 | See Source »

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