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'Cliffe Indian-giver Shrinks; Washed Up Suitor Bares Hose

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Dogs dig up bones, and women dig up dates, but usually the only thing a man has to dig up is his wallet.

With Radcliffe girls, however, Thomas Cabot, a Dartmouth junior, discovered that he had to dig up a pair of Christmas-gift argyles from the front lawn of the 20 Walker st. dormitory. The Radcliffe donor, piqued by recent neglect, had buried the knitwear.

Cabot has discovered what most local gentry already know. A suitor never looks a gift-horse in the mouth, a Radcliffe girl in the face, or a sock in the heel. Both knitting and digging develop the wrong muscles.

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