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...Chesterton's humor, on the whole, is far superior to that popular brand which we get from public entertainers on the vaudeville stage. For one, he has never taken as butts for his jests, as far as I can recall, the much maligned mother-in-law and plumber. His is a humor of a higher kind, angling for larger fry, such as Protestantism, Modernism, historical criticism, German professors, and the economic law. But occasionally even Mr. Chesterton nods, and when he does nod, his leonine head sinks very low, indeed. Such low ebbs in his humor are to be noticed...
...following Seniors are announced as winners of the competition for the designs of Class Day tickets. Yard, James Marshall Plumber of Brookline; Stadium, Hugh Perrin of Brookline; Memorial half, Davis Merwin of Bloomington, Ill., Paul Edward Jackson was judged the winner in the contest for words to the Baccalaureate Hymn...
There are times when Mr. Leacock's efforts to be funny fall a trifle flat, when his satire or exaggeration are too obvious to "get across." Thus "John and I," "The Kidnapped Plumber" (except for a few brilliant flashes) and "Buggam Grange" seem somewhat forced. "The Split in the Cabinet" on the other hand is more successful in its treatment of the English political novel...
...teams will probably line up as follows: SECONDS. B & N. Plumber, l.w. r.w., J. Dwight Peirson, l.c. r.c., Collier Gibbs, r.c. l.c., G. Dwight White, r.w. l.w., Raynor Colt, c.p. c.p., Ballard Evers, p. p., Parker Janin, g. g., Bradford
...Schley, A. H. Bright, C. W. Cook, C. B. Irving, E. L. Burrill, G. Tilghman, D. B. Lincoln, F. H. Fisher, W. H. Gardner, D. Richardson, P. Benton, G. C. Demeter, W. A. Norris, M. A. Shattuck, L. A. Wheeler, H. Gage, J. L. Weld, W. E. Sullivan, E. Plumber, A. R. Frey, J. F. Noxon, H. H. Pell, Q. A. Shaw, R. C. Clement, D. B. Hull, C. F. Zukoski, F. E. Billings, F. C. Fishback, W. K. McKittrick, M. H. Bailey, J. J. Caffrey, J. M. Green, F. L. Nosworthy, E. W. Woodward, S. Rinehart, C. C. Curtis...