Word: pranks
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...rear of Appleton Chapel condemning in well rounded terms our faculty. Such childish tricks are undoubtedly to some degree thoughtless, and cannot therefore be visited with any severe penalty; and yet they exhibit to a disgusting degree a lack of refinement. If there had been any humor in the prank it might be pardoned; unfortunately, however, there was not a single element of wit displayed, and meanwhile strangers crossing the yard were simply disgusted at the vulgarity. Who the offender was will in all probability remain a secret. We take this opportunity, nevertheless, to assure him that his ungentlemanly conduct...
...unexpected ending to a college prank was the arrest, on charge of theft, of five sophomores in Wisconsin University, who had run away with a supper prepared for some of the freshmen...