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Anybody who needs in ichthyologist, a marine, an actuarian, a piano tuner, a vagrant, or a grocer should consult the Senior Class. What is more, these are not the only unusual careers chosen by the 1075 members of the Class of 1936 who will appear in the Album...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1936 Offers Ichthyologist, Piano Tuner, Marine, Vagrant, Grocer for Employment | 3/19/1936 | See Source »

...those young ones as yet unfamiliar with his ways, a happy word of counsel may not be out of place. Sagmus, his old friend and philosopher, is wont to take the Vagabond under his warm wing. Not to reform, mind you, for the philosopher is a bit of a vagrant himself, but to befriend with wisdom. And the Vagabond seeks that precious jewel with all his heart. The talk was of travel; yet not travel of the common sort but of the imagination. For it is known to the Vagabond and those who have followed his trails that without imagination...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE VAGABOND | 9/26/1935 | See Source »

...vagrant lit'ry life...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: C- FEVER | 9/25/1935 | See Source »

...fallen in love with a gypsy. The panic in the parish is only exceeded by that of Mr. Dishart himself who, when he becomes aware of the state of his feelings, decides that the gypsy is a wanton. Actually, as the audience knows, Babbie is not a prowling vagrant at all, but the ward of Lord Rintoul, who lives in a castle at the top of the hill. Her habit of skulking through the woods in a dimity throw indicates not kleptomania but her desire to help the Thrums weavers in their dealings with the soldiers whom Lord Rintoul...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jan. 7, 1935 | 1/7/1935 | See Source »

...Pursu:mt to French etiquet in such political riots only one prisoner, out of a batch of more than 200, was held in jail on the day after arrest. He said he was a U. S. citizen, Joseph Klustik, 20, of Uniontown, Pa. Police held him as a vagrant, lent a sympathetic ear to his protest: "I was just standing there. I didn't hit anybody or do anything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Battle of Mud | 1/22/1934 | See Source »

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