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...Babbit's later words class him with the framers of humorous analogies. For he observes with glee that Noah in founding the menagerie business was the first man to water the stock; while he was yet more modern in utilizing the dove for sky-sign advertising. And his sons, Shem, Ham, and Japhet, having organized the "Globe Girdling Construction Company", sought the several continents because "such a big proposition could not be handled from the ark alone...
...gave A. J. Coakley a five-yard advantage over J. A. McCarthy '22. McCarthy showed his gameness by sticking at his opponents heels, finally, on the last lap passing him and starting J. W. Burke '23, anchor-man for the University, three yards ahead of V. F. Shem Burke, showing perfect form and a world of power, ran like a machine, steadily pulling ahead of his man until at the finish he clinched the race with a ten-yard lead...