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...grievance at this time, and turn to the new complaint which has been made. The chapel, it is said, is too dark to allow the reading of the psalms without injury to the eyes. We therefore, respectfully suggest that on cloudy mornings the gloomy chapel be illuminated by a stray candle here and there. The reader may now expect some words about electric light in the library. But, for today we have finished our suggestions to the powers above us, whether faculty or janitor--Editorial...
Everything from false teeth to stray bulldogs is handled by the lost-and-found departments of the University, located in the Harvard Union, the offices of the H.A.A., and the headquarters of Colonel Charles R. Apted '06. Day by day a flood of articles is turned in to Colonel Apted, and working with incredible rapidity he manages to return a small proportion of these articles to their rightful owners. All things found in the Yard, even tortoises strayed from the Biology Department, eventually are turned in to the Colonel, who throws them into a closet and waits for the owner...
Whether Arizona can afford such an extravagance is a question to be solved by Arizona. An undertaking of this sort is expensive and in times of high taxation and little stray money, additional and needless expenditures are intolerable to the people. But Governor Moor's action is not merely of local consequence. He is following and affirming a precedent set some years ago by Governor Murray of Oklahoma which menace every person in the country. The State Militia exists to protect the interests of the majority of citizens when every other method of protection has failed. In the case...
Like madmen a guard of cavalry whirled, charged on the screaming crowd. The assassin fell beneath shots and swords. Hit by a stray bullet, General Dimitriejevitch of Jugoslavia fell mortally wounded. King Alexander lurched half out of his automobile as the aides flung open the door. Horns shrieking, they sped him to the prefecture. There, while surgeons worked desperately over his four wounds, Alexander of Jugoslavia died...
Brown's brawny Bruins arrived as per schedule, but their equipment did not. At quarter of twelve, not even a stray sock had showed up. At quarter after twelve, Mr. McLaughry was perspiring freely...