Judge — November 9, 1929 — page 27: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

JUDGE Items of General Interest Learned at College Greek—That the wine in mod- ern Gree is weak ferior quality, and t so scarce that bathing is pro- hibited by law except. for one hour during the morning. 1 —That in Pompeii there rtain building, admission to which is denied to ladies; that in this buildng, which, by the way, used to be a brothel, are some very choice pornographic inserip- tions. German—That a liter is slight- ly more than a quart, and that heer is actually mixed with babies’ milk in Germany. Chemistry—That if water is added to titanium tetrachloride, a thick, black smoke-screen will he generated, and that the pos- ies of good, clean fun with this are unlimited, is a Physics—That the whole foun- dation of classical physics has heen undermined by certain. re- cent discover that the me- nics and mathematics of these re so complicated, however, that one must complete all the courses in classical physics before one is able to understand the new the- ories. Biology—That there is a law vivisection in New that there is little or no truth the rumor that hoop snakes a ble to take their tails in their mouths and roll along like a hoop. Economics—That it is cheaper for the Canada Dry people to new bottles than it is to old ones and wash them. That there exist in the Arabic language words with the double meanings “to waggle (like a camel)” or “to be horned (as a buck),” and “to sit cross- legged” or “to eat thistles” (said of a camel). Philosophy—That there three arguments which may used to prove the existence of a yod: the ontological, wh substance, that cause he is; the teleological, which is all very complicated, and in- volves the use of such terms as machine, purposer, and purpose; the third seems to have escaped my memory for the moment. Linguisties—That umeral- endifferenzicrungsgesetz’” and “Schwundstufe,” two important linguistic phenomena, spoken with a proper vocal inflection, make very passable cuss-words. —Haskent Vexanp, Princeton '30 Dora’s Sister Jennie’s been in college three years now and she still thinks a Study is a devoted boy friend. —Pacr Ley, Senior Emeritus, Oregon President—I_ understand that you were heard to refer to the Dean as “that fish.” Student—No, sir. President—What did you say? Student—I pointed him out to house-party girl and said, at's our Dean.” G.E.W. Hamilton College ne — “Do you want gas?” “Yeah—and look at the oil.” Baxvet Linn, Wabash ’32