Word: periculum
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...name of L. K. Garrison '19 in the table of contents will unquestionably be pleasing to the old guard of the Advocate's admirers, for there was a time when "Dulce est periculum" meant a great deal more than it does today, and a certain Garrison was largely responsible for its force. The present Garrison in "The Greater Union" handles a subject a little beyond his reach, but his diction is not that kind which gets into trouble in the famed course of English A. Myron Zobel '19 in "Richelieu, Vainquer de Dames" contributes the best approach to fiction...
...present Advocate seal--Pegasus tethered to a dictionary--originated with Arthur Hale '80, and the design was drawn by Miss Ellen Day Hale. An earlier seal--the stork with the caducens--was designed by Lester W. Clark '75. The Advocate still retains the motto of the Collegian, "Dulce est periculum," as well as the original Advocate motto, "Veritas nihil veretur...
...March, 1866, three students started a new magazine under the old name of "The Collegian." This was the first journal in the form of a newspaper. Owing to a disrespectful allusion to the Faculty and an over regard for the motto of the paper "Dulce est Periculum," the career of "The Collegian" was brought to an abrupt end after the publication of three numbers. In May of the same year the first number of the "Advocate" appeared. It was founded by three Juniors of the class of '67, all of whom were former editors of the "Collegian." The motto...