Word: poisoner
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...during recitations is so stale that long before the end of the hour the classes become drowsy and uncomfortable. This is rarely the fault of inadequate ventilation, but is in most cases due to indifference on the part of undergraduates. Men who despise personal uncleanliness will sit in a poisonous atmosphere and watch unconcerned some enemy of the race cut off all hope by fastening down the last window. In winter the desire for warm air, however thick it may be, has a superficial excuse, but in mild weather only the confirmed poison-inhaler can excuse the condition of many...
...Poison Island," by A. T. Quiller-Couch...
...officer, R. H. Lord '06, as El Quidam, and the ludicrous apothecary, El Boticario, carried out their parts as the three wronged husbands, with a great deal of life. In the latter role, G. E. Hyde '09, in his mock tragic suggestion of duel with two pills, one of poison, and the other harmless, interpreted a humorous part with great understanding...
...pretending to be the husbands of the three women who have sent the flowers. The first, El Capitan, challenges Narciso to a duel. Rather than admit that he has been falsifying, he accepts. El Boticario, the second, challenges him to a duel with two pills, one poison and the other harmless. Narciso immediately drives him out of the room. The third, El Quidam, proposes that, as his wife is in love with Narciso, he may as well support her and he pretends that he has forgotten his own and his wife's names. At a signal from Ramon, Juana returns...
...ZOOLOGICAL CLUB. "The Structure and Regeneration of the Poison Glands of Plethodon," Mr. C. O. Esterly. Short Papers. Room 1, fourth floor, Zoological Museum...