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McGilvrey Kidnap

From 1941: Former Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« President – KIDNAPPED!

In 1941, a writing exercise for high school journalists visiting Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« was centered around a fictional kidnapping of the university's first president, John E. McGilvrey. In a pre-internet version of a "home page takeover," the stories ran on the front page of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ«r - without including information revealing that they were not real!

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