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Word: cornellian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...done over the imperfection of the average undergraduate. It does not proceed, however, from his over-education; so far from agreeing with the Canadian editor, we are inclined to think that collegiate chatter is more apt to be incomprehensible to the educated than to the uneducated. To the Cornellian, academic duties serve as the background for the year's activities, and he is willing to let them stay as far in the background as his more vital enjoyments require. Be he interested in extra-curricular activities, the social whirl, or merely loafing, he allots his time so as to accommodate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "... Knowledge and Learning" | 10/30/1929 | See Source »

...Charles River was too rough last fortnight for red-jerseyed Harvard oarsmen to row red-jerseyed M. I. T. men. So last week the M. I. T. men joined a red-jerseyed Cornell crew in outrowing Harvard. Cornell, unhurried, finished first. Harvard, however, won the junior varsity race when Cornellian Bate, No. 6, snapped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Oarsmen | 5/20/1929 | See Source »

...Alfred Sze has so quaint a name that most people picked him first out of the shuffle. Though his parents called him Chao-chi, he has been Alfred, and even "Al." since he edited The Cornellian at Cornell (circa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Diplomatic Shuffle | 1/21/1929 | See Source »

...best record for two miles ever made by a college man is that of T. S. Berna, another Cornellian, intercollegiate champion of 15 years ago, but his best mark of 9.17 4-5 was, not made in the I. C. A. A. A. A. meet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COACH OF CORNELL AND OLYMPIC TRACKMEN REVIEWS THE RECORDS OF DISTANCE STARS | 5/12/1926 | See Source »

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