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Does the CRIMSON stand officially and solidly for John Barleycorn and for the Noxious Weed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: King Alcohol and the Weed. | 10/15/1919 | See Source »

Concerning your correspondent's splendid letter for the abolition of beer at class meetings; would it not also be a fine thing to do away with cigarettes upon those occasions? We know--those who earnestly serve knowledge and truth cannot but see--that cigarettes are noxious; that of all men who die, at least ninety-three per cent have at some time smoked cigarettes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cigarettes at Class Meetings? | 1/21/1915 | See Source »

...even younger--who are educated to believe in their right to extort money from "the students" by cringing or bullying, will outgrow the harm which such a practice has done them. Let us harden our hearts and endure the imprecations, of disappointed petitioners rather than encourage a noxious custom for the sake of temporary release from persecution, or a few minutes of mild enjoyment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BEGGING ENCOURAGED. | 11/9/1907 | See Source »

...house is being constructed at Cornell University which will be used to make a study of all noxious insects...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 5/31/1888 | See Source »

...winged condition. Butterflies do not lay caterpillars, as thought by some. Metamorphoses from egg to adult take place at least once a year; some species go through as many as eight generations in a year. Mimickry is not uncommon among butterflies. There is a species which is noxious in taste to birds; their form is mimicked in color by a second form, and this one is again mimicked by a third species. Other forms of mimicry are in the resemblance of certain caterpillars to the excrement of birds; the rolling of leaves by caterpillars so as to resemble buds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Butterflies of Massachusetts. | 4/14/1887 | See Source »

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