Word: forgottenness
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...disorganization during the war, "The University Date Book" was forgotten and it has not been dusted off since. But the conflict that has arisen recently between important events proves the continued necessity for such a general memorandum of dates...
...desert, bearing this inscription, inspired Shelley with poetic irony. How much greater must the irony have seemed to the excavators in Professor Reisner's expedition, when they brought to light on the Upper Nile a long dynasty of ancient monarchs, kings of Ethiopia for four centuries, now forgotten for more than two thousand years. Archaeology is generally considered as dry as the dust in which it works; but the account of Professor Reisner's discoveries just made public by the University, tells a romantic story. Here is a subject ready to the hand of a sentimental philosopher--the story...
...over. The men who upheld the athletic honor of the University on the field this afternoon received public recognition from thousands; only a few persons know that a considerable share of that recognition belongs to the second team which has disbanded almost unnoticed and perhaps even now is forgotten. Behind the closed gates of the Stadium, it has learned, practised, and put into execution plays of half a dozen opponents. Since early in the season when the dummies and charging machines were discarded, the scrub eleven has worked hard and cheerfully; it has been battered--and done some battering--week...
...thing has been overlooked in the cheering for the Yale game. The Freshmen and Sophomores who applied for two seats and received only one, located in the wooden stands have been forgotten. As one of these unfortunates, I want to suggest that a cheer leader be assigned to the wood stands, that we also may lift our voices to acclaim the Crimson Warriors...
More than three years have passed since that day, but the world still remembers. The genius of a mind able to direct unhesitatingly so stupendous and varying a project is not soon to be forgotten. Whether banqueting in Chicago, applauding at New Haven, or saluting from the steps of Widener, Marshal Foch is assured of the pride and reverence with which Americans receive...