Sad.  Such self-loathing.  We say, make everything you do more spacey, not less.  From UFO Newsclipping Service, 1987.

Except for the so-called "modern" variety, "don't be afraid of art!"  From Together, 1959.

How true those words are, even today -- "Masks, shadows haunt."  From The Varsity, Feb. 27, 1976.

"Stop! Look! Loosen!"  From Jerry Todd and the Whispering Mummy by Leo Edwards, 1924.

"Police raid uncovers devices of torture at city piano school."  From Toike Oilke, 1976.

From Union College's 1973 yearbook.

"Old" may not be a four-letter word, but its pseudoarchaic variant "olde" is.  However, there's yet an olde-worlde charm to quaint four-letter "olde."  Old Is Not a Four-Letter Word by Ann E. Gerike. 

Three guesses what this headline word means.  (Though, to be fair, the headline cuts off the final seven letters.)  And yes, "GWDanoBimsKBTDKDBGTBGHJBodaBCBWGenIrvJB" is a Googlewhack as of this posting.  From The Gateway, 1969.

"Invisible object stirs sea."  From UFO Newsclipping Service, 1982.

"Out from dreams and theories."  From Wellesley News, 1939.

"How to be happy though married."  From The Link, 1947.  See The Collected Lost Meanings of Wedlock.

Q: "Who is copping out?"

A: [Looking around the room for someone else to raise a hand, hoping that the question wasn't directed at me.]

From Lighted Pathway, 1975.

Adjusting for inflation, that's $8.08 in today's Canadian dollars.  "Spent a dollar lately and can't remember where or why or on what?"  From The Gateway, 1966.

Those who cannot afford to keep a pet rock may yet care for an unlimited number of "pet moments."  From Pet Moments by R. A. Douglas-Lithgow, 1877.

If our own local newspaper had front pages like this, we'd renew our subscription.  From The Gateway, 1971.

Reblog if you have "parents."  The headline reads, "Circus time brings enjoyment to 'parents' and children."  From Elmhurt's 1964 yearbook.

Very sad news: by 1983, Cinderella's fairy tale happy ending had dropped the ball.  From The Daily Universe, 1983.

"Bleeding again?"  From Toike Oike, 1960.

Great chapter title: "In Which I Salute the Statue of God and a Psychic Expert Explores My Brain and Finds Nothing."  From City of Endless Night by Milo Hastings, 1920.

"The mysteries of the supernatural come alive."  From Olivet Nazarene's 1966 yearbook.