Word: vagabonder
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Vagabond, poor mortal that he is in spite of certain academic proclivities, has hidden away in his mind a few problems and questions which from time to time come forth to irk him with their barbed amorphousness. And among these is the desire to know the identity of the seer who made the immortal observation that "it never rains but it pours." Could he but discover the name of that sooth-sayer, the Vagabond would--at least not wonder any longer and be able to give credit where it is due when the truth of the remark is manifestly clear...
...Vagabond, at least, the month of April will close in a manner amply compensating for any unpleasantnesses it may have been responsible for in its younger weeks. It is a rare occasion when he is privileged to hear lectures on two subjects as attractive to him as are the two feature numbers on his program for today. The first is at twelve o'clock, when Professor Davison will speak on Old English music and illustrate his talk with selections. This is the first of two such lectures; the second to be given at the same time on Thursday morning...
...afternoon offers a lecture on another of the Vagabond's pet interests, the drama. Professor Hersey will speak in Emerson J at 2 o'clock on "The Modern Theatre from Irving to Hampden" and will be accompanied by lantern slides...
This walk along the cross-country track as far as the first bridge above the Lars Anderson, has always been a favourite one with the Vagabond-but it should be avoided when the ground is soggy or the wind is blowing form the southwest over the abattoir. Perhaps it was because neither of these desiderata obtained, or perhaps due to the proximity to the Mt. Auburn Cemetery, that the Vagabond was set to musing on the eternal brevity of all things in general, and the period between then and his examinations in particular. But the sun shone too brightly...
Notwithstanding, the Vagabond offers the following list of likely lectures to his readers...