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...Lampy seems to have over-acted a new role. The strangeness of his new acting has unbalanced him; for in the torrent, tempest, and, as we may whirlwind of his passion, he has forgot the temperance which may give it smoothness (Oh, it offends us to the soul to hear the robustious, periwig-pated Lampy tear a passion to latters, to very rags...
...foregoing irrefutable torrent of natural history leads right down to the following fair proposition: Why not pretend that we possess that calm and bloodless self-control that the professors pretend to possess when faced with the crushing fact of spring? Why not? This vast effort may seem pointless. But if we make good our pretense as they often manage to make good theirs, yes, in the very Tace of spring, ours will be a great consummation, a true millenium. The barriers of June will be removed, and we will be in a position to say to our professor: "Verily...
...CRIMSON'S editorial "Tag-Day Every Day" which took a stand against indiscriminate campaigns for divers charities, directed against the proverbially wealthy, but actually indigent student, has drawn a torrent of protest from those who do not understand its real purpose. It was simply an expression of the impatience that many men feel at being accosted and canvassed for all sorts of charitable projects just because they are college...
...journalistic baseball season winds up in a torrent of tallies on Soldiers Field this afternoon when those ancient rivals from the Mt. Auburn street tomb and the Union basement, respectively, cross steins in their 'steenth annual battle. The features of the game will be a corps of trained waiters who will serve refreshments without cessation on the second and third stations...
...unparalleled triumph over the Eli heavers, will toss the sphere over the Eli heavers, will toss the sphere over the gutta perchas dinner service with the speed and accuracy of Linotype. Sparkling nut brown will gurgle and splash into the guatta percha mugs with the limpidity of a mountain torrent...