Word: vagabonde
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...first thing that occurs to the Vagabond personally, is a gaudy exit from Cambridge with drums a beating and colors flying, shouldering, the while, a pair of skis with a careless insouciance, as if to indicate that the loftiest of the White Mountains was but a mere trifle in the life of this hardy Alpinist. But the Vagabond may not go so far afield, and in the latter case a tremendous decision will confront him. Will he go to the Tremont Temple to have his soul saved by Billy Sunday, or to the Tremont Theatre and laugh with...
...Vagabond is feeling particularly uneasy this morning, but to determine the cause of this mental restlessness would probably not tax the genius of a psychologist unduly. It is a preliminary symptom of that dread disease common to most dwellers in this academic atmosphere, namely Cantabrigophobia...
...Vagabond has exerted his utmost efforts of self-control. He has striven to raise himself to the mental plane where he can appreciate the offerings of the lecture platform. He has been struggling for the last twenty-four hours to maintain that famed disinterestedness towards things worldly. Has he succeeded? No, most emphatically, no!--And what's more, he knows perfectly well that there are many more like him around Harvard Square. For their benefit he can suggest at least three ways of utilizing a part of a fortunately prolonged week...
...Vagabond has been sorely buffeted by the boisterous winds of the past two days, and the slanting rain which somehow seems to penetrate his every garment has caused him to reflect sadly that even the erudite and philosophically-minded race of Vagabonds are susceptible to the same bodily ills as their more mundane brethren. And you can take the Vagabond's word for it; there are better heated apartments in Cambridge than the draughty towers of Memorial Hall. Though true to his ancient abode, at times he things with envy in his heart of the steam heated warmth...
...this gray and wet week, the Vagabond has, however, found an item of peculiar cheer. He has never known which of the nine Muses that of Music is (some day he means to learn the names of all of them), but today he is making a short hegira to the Music Building at 10 o'clock to hear Mozart's Concerto in D minor. The score is written for two pianos and is one of the best known and most interesting of the composer's works, and the Vagabond knows that he will hear it ably rendered by Mr. Frank...