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...that on February 29th, 1917, the CRIMSON advocated a 10-cent fare, due to the fact the Elevated 8-cent pieces were Jamming the telephone pay stations; that on April 19, 1918, the CRIMSON held out for a maximum 7-cent fare, and last year offered as the first plank in its reform of Massachusetts a 5-cent fare-the exact stand taken now by the "Boston American" and the "Boston Telegram"? Would they be interested in keeping ahead of the game by shouting with us for a 3-cent fare tomorrow? Would they care to hear about the monster...
Score another for Feminism! the cult whose fundamental plank man has so impudently presumed to assail,-the movement which would tumble woman from her reverential pedestal to the same gross level of Masculinism. But man can take his comfort in the fact that nicotine stains on the fingers that get his breakfast will not measurably affect its flavour. And as for woman: from the Saint Regis to the Pre "Cat" she may forever puff her "scented" in peace...
Fitz-Greene Halleck speaks somewhere of "Seals that close the pestilence". Although he uses the phrase in quite another sense, these words may fittingly be applied to the Christmas Seals now on sale in practically every public place throughout the country. We may not think when we plank down our dime or quarter that the sale of these stamps does a really great work. As every member of Freshman Hygiene is told, one out, of ten deaths--and that is a pretty large ratio, considering the long list of fatal maladies--is due to tuberculosis. Moreover, the disease can usually...
After tomorrow's race the dormitory crews will hold a tug of war tournament on Dr. Howe's new tug of war board in Weld Boat House. This consists of a plank with cross cleats every six feet. The competing crews sit on the plank with their feet resting against the cleats, a position similar to that assumed in rowing. The rope used is of the same diameter as an oar. The contest has been instituted to tighten the grip of crew candidates. It also very effectively teaches them in bear lightly on the seat...
...Californian bad boy of the convention had 140 votes in spite of a nominating speech that was anything but a success. As a Republican nominee for the Presidency Johnson is now out of the question, but as a source of trouble his position is pregnant with possibilities. The Root plank which carried the convention over the critical period of the platform discussion, has aroused rather than soothed the unpleasant memories of eight years ago. Johnson supporters are men of well-defined attitude and it is not likely that they will desert their leader. Indeed, he has threatened to take...