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FRESHMEN, PROCTORS MAKE DETOUR TO AVOID BAR LUCK

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Harvard men are superstitious. Yesterday a crew of carpenters engaged in repairing the roof of Wigglesworth Hall left a ladder leaning against the wall of the building in such a way that it slanted completely across the main path to the Union.

It was noon-time and the Freshmen were returning from lunch. Twenty-five out of 28 Freshmen carefully made a detour around that ladder. Then came two proctors. They, too, walked across the grass to avoid the evil omen. "Superstitious people," the reporter remarked, as he detoured around the ladder.

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