Word: pranking
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...most appallingly funny thing that has ever been done in a newspaper way. In the issue of April 1 an announcement was made of the lengthening of the Easter Vacation and Dean McClenahan was briefly quoted to that effect. Just to show that it was only a boyish prank, the closing paragraph said: "If any of our readers wish any further information, they are earnestly requested to consult their calendars...
...prank of fate, however, is that the Republicans have planned to make a similar assault on one of their opponents, Earle B. Mayfield, elected Senator from Texas last Fall. About a dozen Democrats, it is believed, will vote with Republicans to unseat Mayfield, accused of the same crime as Mr. Newberry. The expression which will reside on Senator Spencer's face is a matter of conjecture...
...happened to have indirectly under my care a young Freshman who while hither to blameless in character had the misfortune, after some public day in Boston, to be caught in some prank, not very serious, such as the throwing of a stolen sign off the end of a bridge into the Charles River, during which lamentable misdeed, he had been arrested by the police and spent the night with his two or three companions in the lock-up. When they were called before the judge on the next morning I was allowed to make a brief statement of the case...
...December number of the Harvard Graduates' Magazine contains the following articles: "The Solid Satisfactions of Life," C. W. Eliot '53; "From a graduate's Window;" The Teachers' Endowment Fund," J. D. Greene '96; "Religious Reform at Harvard," O. B. Roberts '86; "Patrick Andrew Collins;" "The Mock Trial: An Old Prank," N. Holmes '37; "Notable Books," "Emerson Memorial Hall;" "The University: The Autumn Quarter, " R. B. Merriman '96; "Student Life," H. A. Bellows '06; "Athletics;" "The Graduates;" Illustrations...
Other articles are "The Mock Trial: An Old Prank," which is a sketch describing an escapade of days long gone by, reviews of some notable books by Harvard men, and a short description of Emerson Hall...