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...memory of a nice, docile, little bear like "Touchdown" whose presence was so helpful in 1915 when the Big Red Team administered a drubbing to the Crimson eleven. For the benefit of the agitators may we suggest for a mascot such dainty, playful animals as a gazelle an entellus, or a quagga. Or, to compromise, we suggest that a peacock be used to symbolize "fair Harvard." Falling in all of these proposals we recommend that Harvard lend an ear to those who would suggest a teahound. Cornell Daily...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS-- | 3/31/1925 | See Source »

...Lister at $20 a dozen lessons was nowhere. The lecture-room had a raised platform at one end, on which the Professor stood, and the walls were adorned with prints of ancient and modern athletes. There were Herr Milo, of Croton, the renowned deadweight lifter; M. Dares and P. Entellus, as they stood in the ring on the 12th of April, 1182 B. C., drawn by P. Virgil Maro, "Clipper" correspondent; Professor Socrates, in his great standing feat; portraits of Mr. Aristotle, Mr. Leibnitz, and Mr. Kant, all noted boxers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A METAPHYSICAL MILL. | 5/16/1873 | See Source »

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