Humour: College Pranks and Gags
Drinkle Building |
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Students have been pulling pranks at the University of
Saskatchewan since classes began in 1909, when students dropped water
balloons onto the heads of pedestrians from the roof of the Drinkle Building,
the original downtown campus building. Since that time there have been
many pranks, from ‘minor’ acts in the 1920s such as derailing
cable cars to the
appearance of a visiting Hollywood starlet on campus in 1954.
Early Gags
Atop the Physics Building |
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Atop the Memorial Gates |
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“Duke” Collins and George Bernard Shaw
With a platform calling for the disenfranchisement of
all women on campus, Darrall “Duke” Collins seemed like a
longshot to win the SRC presidency in the spring of 1948. That is, before
he received the telegram. Signed G. B. S., the message from the famed
Irish writer urged Collins not to give up the fight, further asserting
that “you will never have a quiet world until you knock women out
of politics.”
While many on campus were unconvinced, Time magazine
was. It ran the story in its March 9 and 16 editions.
SRC Election Platforms |
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Darrall Collins' Campaign Platform |
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"You will never have a quiet world until you knock women out of politics." |
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Darrall Collins Reclines in Defeat |
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