Word: pranking
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...first account of the incident, the Post-Dispatch ran a kidding story, dubbed Stearns "the General," published his picture wiggling the "V-for-Victory" sign. Finally it had to admit Editor Coghlan's part in the prank. This moved Governor Donnell into action. He ordered Editor Coghlan arrested for larceny. Righteously the Governor said: "This is outrageous . . . filled with a spirit of anarchy and disrespect for law. . . . The law is going to be enforced, the Post-Dispatch notwithstanding...
This time, caught in a college prank, and an unsuccessful one at that, Editor Coghlan...
...same prank which replaced Lowell's picture with a Goya portrait of a woman in a Victory suit, the Bellboys' exhibit case was filled with open books bearing such titles as "The Bedroom Companion, or a Cold Night's Entertainment" and "The Freshman...
...missing silverware was finally discovered yesterday afternoon, and a quizzing of the nearest entry-dwellers failed to produce any information concerning the prank. Two strong janitors were needed to get the barrel down stairs, and onlookers wondered how one man, in one trip, could have carried the whole load at once...
...This started as a prank but it's passed the Halloween stage now. . . . Satan finds work for idle hands...