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...plays (The Ecclesiazusae), women, disguised as men, steal into the ecclesia, succeed in decreeing a new constitution-a satire on the general demoralization of public life...
...although they have had more outdoor work than the Crimson they have not yet played a game. Captain Brundage, left field, and O'Brien, short stop, are the only men in the lineup who faced the University in last year's contest in which the latter made a sensational steal of home. Emigh, center fielder, is a letter man of two seasons...
...moral thus far to be drawn from the Ruskay episode is twofold: 1) the risks of conducting a bucketshop are small in comparison with its possible profits, and 2) if you are going to steal your customers' money be sure and get several millions at least...
...possible to travel from Harvard Square, with transfer, to almost any outlying point for only five cents instead of the legally ordained ten? And yet to argue, as Mr. Shepherd probably would, that all these souls will degenerate into safe-crackers, or that they would under temptation steal any sum on which they could lay their hands, is palpably absurd...
Briefly, Mr. George's theory seems to be one of developing social responsibility. A thief may steal from an honest property-holder without a second thought, but when all the thieves form a little community of wage-earners within Mr. George's series of enclosures, the point of view changes with surprising swiftness. The enterprising burglar degenerates into the commonplace crook, and the newcomer's statement of "Ladies and gentlemen. I have come to live with you; I am a pick-pocket!" is received with coolness, not to say suspicion...