Word: delmare
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...middle of the last century, the Reverend Mr. Jacob Abbott wrote a series of guide-books for children in which a character named Rollo asked endless questions of his Uncle George. Delmar Leighton '19, Dean of Freshman likes to quote from a parody of the series called "Rollo Visits Cambridge" in which Rollo asks Uncle George--"What is a Dean?" and his sage relative replies: "A Dean is a sedate gentleman seated at 'an official guide to the University' allowed to receive no fees for his service." Then Dean Leighton sometimes adds: "laying aside my solitaire for a moment...
Arnow, Lewis, Canepa, John Charles, Chase, George Wigglesworth, Collins, John Francis, de Rham, David Patterson, Greeley, Walter Franklin, Hubbard, Edward Amory, Johnson, Russell Edward, Leighton, Delmar, Jr., O'Brien, James Browster, O'Connor, Daniel John, Rhinelander, Frederick William Templeton, Ricketson, Scott, Smith, Robert James (Captain), Venderlage, Erwin Frederick, Jr., Wade, Charles Milliken, Ward, Robert Brown, Spalding, Oakes Ames, Jr. (Manager...