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...knowledge, vandalism of this kind has never been so widespread" Roberts said yesterday. But because the University acted so quickly, much of the paint was easy to remove, he said. As a result, it will not be the costliest such prank in recent years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Vandals Paint Widener; Color Them Dartmouth | 10/26/1965 | See Source »

...momism, nepotism, space-age technology, dirty old men, antiSemitism, anything. They treat the audience to a series of small, distasteful shocks, but as black comedy gives way to bald effrontery, even the shock wears off The Loved One seems as crude and pointless as a schoolboy's Halloween prank like tipping over tombstones or throwing a stink bomb into the parsonage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Grave Effrontery | 10/22/1965 | See Source »

Harvard's "Anglican Bishop," a Winthrop House senior who blessed the football team at Saturday's Holy Cross game, was "admonished" for his prank by the Administrative Board yesterday. No further action will be taken against him, but an account of the matter will be placed on his record. He has written Holy Cross to apolegize...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Bishop' Admonished | 9/29/1965 | See Source »

...later that the purpose of the demonstration was to wish President Johnson a happy Easter and hope that the march didn't spoil his Easter egg roll. A few of their signs, urging the SDS-types to "Take A Bath," supported the claim that their rally was a harmless prank...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Counter-Demonstrations | 4/19/1965 | See Source »

...last prank took place a few years ago, when students painted a red and yellow dress on a Henry Moore sculpture. The university has no rules against drinking on campus because no one drinks anything stiffer than orange juice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education Abroad: Survival Through Brainpower | 11/13/1964 | See Source »

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