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Word: pyromaniac (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...East confines itself to tearing down goal-posts. Nothing so tame and un-destructive would do for the Middle West. With all the recourses of Chicago at their disposal, liquid and otherwise, the students of Northwestern University felt that their football celebration was still too cramped. So they turned pyromaniac and burned and abandoned fraternity house. Even after firemen and policemen dragged them away, and put out the fire, they were determined to burn at least the wooden stands around the old athletic field. No doubt the Chicago Tribune will see in this burst of enthusiasm new proof...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COLLEGIATE FIREWORKS | 11/25/1925 | See Source »

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