Word: sage
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sage of the university made a startling discovery. The classes were deserted! From every side came the complaints of parents: "Behold, we have sent our children to be instructed; wherefore then, do they roll rocks?" And indeed this was true; no longer did anyone come there to gain training of the mind. They came only for the great sport of Rolo. Rolo was the raison d'etre of the university, the paramount appeal to the people of the Inca realm. The furore which this revelation caused must have been tremendous, says Senor Alvarotez. The cry was taken...
Competitions have changed somewhat, and changed for the better. But the fear of competitions persists. Freshmen of mediocre scholastic ability are advised by their elders that they had better stay in the University first, and worry about competitions afterward. Which is most excellent advice, except that of late the sage upperclassmen have grown a bit over-cautious; for they remember the many, many compets who have made the supreme sacrifice, and they become wary beyond all reason. --Cornell Daily...
...Glee Club manager competitions which began with the opening of College have just finished with the appointment of John Sedgwick Barss '22, of Windsor, Conn., as assistant manager, and Edwin Day Sage Jr. '23, of Cambridge, Mass., and John King Watson '23, of Rockaway, N. J., as second assistant managers. Next year Barss will automatically become manager, while Sage and Watson compete for assistant managership...
...finish their examinations. The men going to camp are as follows: June 16th, E. C. Cotter '22, H. W. Hardy '22, W. M. Westman '22, A. Loring '22, R. F. Elder '22, C. E. Dupee '22, R. A. Cutter '22, G. R. Scithers '22, E. D. Sage '23, G. B. Lourie '23, C. L. Short '23, J. C. Burchard '21, E. D. Hamilton '23, E. A. Norman '23 and H. H. Hudson '23; June 17th, G. F. Knight '23, R. P. Kantor '23, L. H. Oppenheim '22 and H. H. Stamler '23; June 19th, T. Barker '23, B. S. Cogan...
...standing of the leading individuals is as follows: C. E. Dupee '22, 12 points; E. D. Sage '23, 9 points; A. G. Tuckerman '22, 7 points; H. W. Hardy '22, 6 points; A. Loring '22, 6 points...