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...characterized by brevity. He holds the all-time record for extraordinary longevity. "Elijah the Tishbite" Elijah, the Tishbite, Couldn't make the fish bite; 'Lowed he was using the wrong kind of bait. First tried a dry fly, then tried a wet fly, Then tried a worm and he caught six or eight...
...Prohibition had ruined the Islanders- by destroying their chief means of livelihood, the manufacture of rum." This is one of the several moldy chestnuts over which every weekending special correspondent who ever visited these Islands smacks his lips, totally ignorant that the kernel carries within it a crawly worm of error. He has read what the next preceding correspondent said and he repeats it to show what a thorough study he has made of the economic conditions of the Islands. It sounds impressive, but the truth is that the export of rum never amounted to much, if any, more than...
...face, many a Sweitzer friend could hardly believe the news. A few recalled that, on a salary of $9,000 a year, he had run through a long series of spectacular business failures. But Bob Sweitzer himself made a great show of unconcern. Blithe as a jaybird with a worm, he continued going to afternoon baseball games, banquets, told newshawks: "I'm not worried, only annoyed. I will ask for a reasonable time to check the audit. . . . There are some controversial items...
...prove the power of mind over matter, and equally anxious--in the interests of science, of course--to disprove the learned Columbia professor's theory that one would refuse to eat a worm for a thousand dollars Dudley N. Hartt, Jr. '37 gave a demonstration in the Dunster House Dining Hall yesterday evening which showed conclusively that given a certain amount of stimulation one can eat even more gastrically fatal things than a nice fresh worm. Before a roomful of awed waitresses and a horrified steward, who took the act to be a personal insult, the talented Sophomore casually emptied...
...Worm-Eaters...