A scapular, or friar's coat, for example, was a coveted object to be worn as a preservative against pestilence or the ague […]

Unfortunately, several SMs, who are more interested in adding Eagle notches on their walking stick than real scouting, simply signed the blue cards and turned them in while knowing full well what had happened. Of course, it is virtually impossible to unaward a merit badge once it has been given to a scout.

None of this is to suggest that academic libraries should turn their websites into a YouTube or Facebook in which our user communities would create all the content,[…]

I must haue wanton Poets, pleasant wits, Musitians, that with touching of a string May draw the pliant king which way I please: