Word: pranking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Lampert's letter has apparently stirred up a nest of troubled consciences including that of his roommate, Mr. Nassau. The latter brazenly attempts to dismiss the incident as a "prank," but he forgets that the following facts have been submitted to the University authorities: (1) That Lampert was beaten up, (2) That one of the attackers had never met Lampert, (2) That both were members of the YCL, (4) That Lampert had been threatened with physical violence by members of the YCL during the last three months for his political oppositions to them...
...well-known prank concerning a glass of warm water seems to have been perpetrated on my roommate, Murray Lampert, last Friday night. Unfortunately, Murray has convinced himself that he is General Krivitsky, and has therefore transformed what was perhaps an ill-advised stunt into a fabric of international intrigue...
...official CRIMSON statement by the Managing Editor, Peter Dammann '42, disclaimed all responsibility for the prank...
...Harvard students coined a word-"Snooperman"-for the mysterious person who turned books around on their shelves, thus hiding their titles (TIME, Jan. 27), but he was never identified. In February, 10,000 books were turned on the shelves of Boylston Library. After that, perpetration of the prank at Harvard dwindled and stopped, and Harvardmen, with final examinations in the offing, are doing their best to forget. Three weeks ago, however, a Snooperman turned some 24,000 books on the shelves of Seattle College Library in Seattle...
...over a hundred years behind in some of its work, and shows little interest in catching up. That's a long time to let a clock go around with no hands. IS HARVARD SLIPPING? Doesn't the University really care what time it is? Is it just a boyish prank on the part of the Maintenance Department? Or is Harvard too cheap to keep up the clock just because it doesn't face on the Yard...