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...Morgan standing in front of a Rolls-Royce show window might remove his silk hat, scratch his head and ask with perfect reason: "Shall I buy one? Shall I buy ten? Shall I buy twelve?" A beggar standing in the same place and seriously making the same inquiry might very properly be arrested for insanity. Yet the difference between the two would be a mere matter of purse...
...considered to have descended on him, and despite his 62 years, De Feraudy enjoys giving it playful shakes. He has the twinkling mischievousness of Foxy Grandpa. Age cannot wither the vitality of his acting, with its spontaneous but deft gestures, including the forefinger laid aside the nose or gracefully scratching the ear. A delightful Gallic casualness pervades his performance, so that he does not hesitate, if the impulse takes him, to close a door carelessly left open in the middle of his speech, or to scratch his ankle while trickling around the stage...
...field of over 70 competitors, and through preliminaries, semi-finals and finals, Chase emerged prize-winner in the 50-yard dash. His handioap was three feet, but the margin by which he won was very nearly as great. A. H. Miller '27, starting from scratch, and R. D. Howard '24 with a three foot handicap were among the semi-finalists...
...what of the man on probation? How about hour exams? We need them to keep us up to scratch. You aren't going to abolish all those? We need help. You talk about students! What will happen to us?" We were desperate in the face of this fool...
...yard invitation dash, A. L. Miller '27 survived the trial heats, and finished fourth in the finals, an extremely good performance in view of the fact that Loren Murchison, and men scarcely inferior, were running against him. C. I. Paulsen '27, in the hurdle event, starting from scratch, could not overcome his opponents' handicaps. Fletcher, however, in the first heat, with a one foot handicap, took second place, bowing to Christiansson, the swift Swede from the Newark A. C. The latter's time was six seconds, equalling the world record. Fletcher won his semi-final heat, and in the finals...