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minded students had for the perpetrators of this outrage, hut thank God I don't know their names. amis we renu-ml>er that in 1889 the people of Champaign-Urbana meant to I* fair-minded hut, of course, judged by present standards, their views were narrow. Suspicions were easily aroused and false impressions obtained from seeing a man and a woman enjoying each other's company in a buggy ride, dinner in a public place, or attendance at theaters, concerts, or what not. If a man and a woman were often seen together and didn't #et married, they most certainly #ot talked about, but I can't account for the character assassinations projected in this Bogus Program. The front page of the program is its mildest part and is all I dare publish:

A NEW FARRAGO:

INCLl DIN<;

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DOC'S FEMALE MASTODON MINSTREL SHOW

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STARTLING REVELATIONS

OF THE

CORRUPTION EXISTING AT OUR UNIVERSITY

PUBLISHED BY

FACULTY ADMIRATION COMPANY June xiv 1889