Word: eventer
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Participation in the event is encouraged by awarding each dorm one point for every dorm member who swims in the marathon...
Things did, of course. Sometime between the original event and the recent event--last winter, I think--misfortune befell the 7,000 citizens of Springhill once again. A fire destroyed many of the buildings belonging to Dominion Steel and Coal (known in the brokerage houses and luncheon clubs as "DOSCO"), and the chief misery of the fire, as I remember, seemed to lie in the effect it might have on the future operations of the company. With No. 4 functioning only as an expensive, spacious grave for the victims of the first event and with much surface equipment lost...
...today I am not smiling. Shivering in my cubicle of misery, hungering for the opulence of the life I once knew, I can only hope that younger, better men in coming generations will not fall as I did. But I am confident that such an unfortunate event will not happen, for the fine and critical eyes of our Housemasters are looking over the future of the young and unborn. It is in praise of our House-masters that I felt compelled to communicate my thought. Gavin Scott, 117 Kinnaird Street...
...student-lecturer exchanges could be handled politely and effectively through written or oral question-and-answer sessions held at the lecturer's discretion. Professor Tillich's courses are famous for these written student questions, answered from the lecture platform at the start of each class hour. In any event, means should be devised to inject student ideas into upper level courses...
...atmosphere. Still, the unprecedented shot was a historic success, especially because Pioneer's instruments flashed reams of new knowledge of outer space. Britain's top scientists called it "an amazing feat," "a most tremendous achievement." Paris' Roman Catholic daily, La Croix, echoed: "The most prodigious event in history." India's Nehru called it a "tremendous triumph of modern science," wagged: "I understand it has strayed from the straight and narrow path. Nevertheless the fact that it has been sent out is another great advance." A Soviet official in London expressed "all good wishes...