Calyx . Old Omar- •ManftS^a lu^ Bj. Mint-,A loa-L Of bfo-a.^ OLnd a. b«»*\ 01 6he beside. P,.m all tfie-nWe?6lnrfind in Tti? vVilde^nesA. sometfTind w-oad aboJt^ttrat^ iOn^ Why did he. Worft- fa- TST? alor.^ The bciol\ 01 o-nd Ifi? loar oi ? 34S MINK. With the iiwed solemnity of a pilgrim gazingupon the shrine at Mecca we approach the sub-ject of William Olin Burtner. Here he stands asa rock in the wilderness, towering towards theheights like the Statue of Liberty enlighteningthe world, like—but why go on? Burtner saysit is bad English to use mixed metaphors and
Calyx . Old Omar- •ManftS^a lu^ Bj. Mint-,A loa-L Of bfo-a.^ OLnd a. b«»*\ 01 6he beside. P,.m all tfie-nWe?6lnrfind in Tti? vVilde^nesA. sometfTind w-oad aboJt^ttrat^ iOn^ Why did he. Worft- fa- TST? alor.^ The bciol\ 01 o-nd Ifi? loar oi ? 34S MINK. With the iiwed solemnity of a pilgrim gazingupon the shrine at Mecca we approach the sub-ject of William Olin Burtner. Here he stands asa rock in the wilderness, towering towards theheights like the Statue of Liberty enlighteningthe world, like—but why go on? Burtner saysit is bad English to use mixed metaphors andsimiles. Way back in the grim, gray dawn of history ayoung man entered Washington and Lee andbegan to annex A s, rlegrees and things ofgold cut in funny shapes. He admitted that hesometimes answered to the appellation of , and always has he gone by that assortment of things dangling from hiswatch chain are not charms to keep away gout,sleeping sickness, etc., but honors conferred bya reverent Iniversity upon its prodigy. .\llfreshmen are required to learn the name andmeaning of each key which adorns the manlybosom of W. O. This accoimts for the mulekicking some for their infantile minds cannotabsorb both lessons and this long list. However,let no prospec
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