Word: sorting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...took a wrong turn left, instead of right. The road sort of died out. Mom was just going to turn back when all of a sudden the fog socked in on us. Couldn't see a thing. Mom tried to climb . . . Then we hit. The left wing sheared off. Both wings were off and we toppled over. Mom breathed roughly for a while and then was still. I knew...
...Leighton '19, Dean of Freshmen, 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 a table playing solitaire, but he is also sort of a beadle, 'an official guide to the University' allowed to receive no fees for his services." Then Dean Leighton sometimes adds: "Laying aside my solitaire for a moment...
...course it's all an old story for Coach Lamar, who every year runs into the same problem of having to build some sort of a Freshman football team in little more than a week. But this season the task looks tougher than over...
...great demand for entertainment of all kinds has brought about the reorganization of the Office's Entertainment Bureau for the first time since it went out of business in 1944. Under the direction of Miss Mary L. McLain, it will specialize in finding jobs for entertainers of any sort at such events as children's parties and church bazaars...
...back to this little man--he was different from the others--sort of secretive. He got it across to us that he wanted to sell us a gold ring. We told him we weren't interested, but he kept after us, getting more and more persistent. After awhile he got all hot an fidgety, and let us gather that he had stolen this ring. Naturally this made us agree to inspect...