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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1920
Page
4
An opinion urging tougher standards for freshmen ages fourteen to seventeen entering college. It argues they are not men and should be governed by upperclassmen rules, including haircut deadlines, skull caps, chores, and strict curfews. It advocates reporting hazing to seniors and calls for student body rules excluding freshmen.
A satirical look at a university reading room where noise disrupts study. The piece mixes campus gossip with brief notices: Picke in Memphis, Scruggs visiting, Lew Wallace back from Laurel, Chancellor Powers in New York, Meek returning to Ole Miss, Culpepper at Wiggins, Barret from Gulfport, and Judge Kimbrough visiting campus. The Eagle is now $2.00 per year.
Mrs. Eugene Smith of Los Angeles says Tanlac made her the happiest woman in California after a six year battle with heart pains pleurisy kidney troubles and nerve weakness. She gained eighteen pounds after four bottles and believes the remedy’s effects are permanent. Tanlac sold in Oxford by Rowland Drug Co and in Abbeville by J S Goods Adv.
A fragmented poem weaves sportslike pep with lines praising grit and courage. Read as a garbled collection, it links hits, resilience, and cheerful perseverance through playful slang and varying rhythms. Named figures or events are not clearly identifiable.
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