Word: vagabonder
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...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...
...phrase which seems to illustrate how the economy of the government has penetrated even into the world of nature-was invented, in view of the deplorable scarcity of cuckoos that might take upon themselves the task of loudly singing "Summer is icumin in." However that may be, the Vagabond, last Saturday, having seen in the papers that this great invention-which has done more for sharpening the mind of the nation than cross word puzzles and "Ask Me Another" combined was about to be put into force again, decided to be a bit beforehand and improve the shining hour...
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...