Word: wiseness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...observation which cannot pass unchallenged. The excellent Jan. 28 review of Room for One More [refers to] the conducting of an Eagle Scout badge-award ceremony with "the solemnity of a coronation" . . . The pomp and circumstance connected with such an award is not designed to impress cynical and worldly-wise adults, but, rather, is centered on the boy himself. The award of Eagle rank is the highest honor that scouting can bestow . . . Parents may prod, and leaders may coax, but the boy himself must do the work . . . After a formidable array of obstacles has been surmounted, no award ceremony...
Hoping to win the cross-country race after taking a fifth in the Dartmouth Carnival. Graham Taylor's skiers will find favored Williams and strong Bowdoin and Maine their toughest opponents. Captain John Houser, John Hart, Tim Wise, and Neil Dixon will lead the Crimson. Victorious in last week's Dublin meet, the freshman skiers face the Putney School...
...Winston Churchill, paying a last tribute to his sovereign friend, acclaimed a King "so strong in his devotion to the enduring honor of our country, so self-restrained in his judgments of men and affairs; so uplifted above the clash of party politics yet so attentive to them, so wise and shrewd in judging between what matters and what does not . . . He was sustained not only by his natural buoyancy but by the sincerity of his Christian faith...
...when you understand what you see, you will no longer be children. You will know that life is pain, that each of us hangs always upon the cross of himself. And when you know that this is true of every man, woman and child on earth, you will be wise...
Although Captain John Houser and Tim Wise finished 18th in the Saturday down-hill and jumping, respectively, after Friday's cross-country and slalom events, the Crimson's low placing came as no surprise to ski team officials. As Coach Graham Taylor pointed out: "We're competing against the finest team in the Mortheast, Dartmouth, and the best team in the West, Denver. We don't have the facilities of these teams, and can't hope to beat them...