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The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 25, 1937

Page

10

Cryptic clues and clubs echo a bygone initiation lore

The Twizzler column recalls young peoples clubs and secret societies with odd initiation demands such as scrambling on the floor. It notes paddles for noncompliance, promises no paddle but scrambled letters to form terms, and ends with a burglar story and a jab at education and literacy in distant lands.

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