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...those self-appointed intellectual aristocrats who contend mildly that decay in some forms is wholesome, we reply with philosophic broad-mindedness that they may be right. If they are, let us have done with sham. Let us admit that Princeton no longer can compete with her ancient rivals. Let us ask Williams, Amherst, and Wesleyan whether they will take us in. An immediate and never-failing reason alleged for our cloud-swept athletic horizon is, of course, curricular difficulty. Being neither the Oxford nor the Cambridge of America, Princeton-so the story goes-is seeking to become the Harvard...
...following morning New Yorkers' ears were filled again with war's sky sounds as the squadron, now augmented to 143 planes, returned for a sham battle. At 1,000 ft. flew the attack and torpedo planes, ever and again diving earthward with a crescendo of open motors. Next above roared the heavy bombers. Scouting craft thundered along at 3,000 ft. High above in the bluish haze flashed tiny fighters. From New Jersey came the huge Los Angeles and a procession of small blimps...
...untidy profits, Grandson Millet's wife and children thrived. When he was apprehended, the police reported that he had sold more than 4,000 fakes. Cheery, un- daunted, he admitted that the collection he had sold to the Millet Museum at Barbizon was entirely sham. Said he: "I had a good time, but this is the unconventional unhappy ending. The Americans from Missouri, the Continentals and the English fell the hardest. I hope to emerge triumphant, and go back into the art selling business...
...have taken a novel step toward resuming athletic relations and amicable feelings toward each other in their respective alma maters. Elsewhere in today's issue an account of the baseball game between the Harvard Lampoon and the Princeton Tiger is given, and though, to be sure, this was a sham ball game and no score was kept, still the match may perhaps give an opening for peace conferences between the two universities...
...sham battle in Illinois the candidates shunted every principal issue the people wanted to hear about. The Prohibition issue is not a question of what to drink or what not to drink, but it is whether the individual in the U. S. shall be a free citizen. It is an issue from which I shall let no candidate ? man or woman ? escape...