Word: vagabonder
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...seems to The Vagabond that life has developed into just one football game after another--with hour examinations in between. Not that the restless rover has any objections to football in itself. Far from it. It is the inbetween that is so upsetting. Along with the turbulent conditions of the stock market these tussels with blue books have succeeded in demoralizing a fondly conceived plan of the Vagabond's. Whereby hangs a tale...
There are all sorts of days in the Vagabond's life. In fact, years spent knocking about the four corners of the globe and Harvard Yard have conditioned him to all kinds of climes and dispositions. So much so, that he has come to realize that moods after all are merely the reflection of a late breakfast or some other external influence...
...frankly, The Vagabond feels fine today. A few of those cool, brisk, breezes came down from the granite hills of New Hampshire early this morning and whistled through the windows of his private suite in Memorial Hall. After a night spent at a genuine Intercollegiate Ball the zestful zephyrs did the trick for the old reprobate and he awoke at dawn with roses in his cheeks and a curl in his blond hair. Ah, yes. Youth has come to town. Youth, strong and vigorous, is the style today. And best of all, the Vagabond is young again. And chipper...
...course, the Vagabond, is first and last a student, free lance though he may be. The point today is a little change of scene. From the anthropology lecture halls and laboratories with their pieces of chipped flint out into the open. A little anthropology at first hand, a field trip, the Indian in life...
Today is one in a year. The Vagabond could not think of missing it with its rare combination of youth and Red Men who really, as science tells, are Green...