Word: pegasus
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Succor," since "Sunday Chapel" is no less prosaic than Harding Scholle '17's less self-conscious effort toward oddity in form. With more earnest expression of sincere feeling this must even be a vain plea addressed to writers who nervously fret to be "different"--in vain, as long as Pegasus, instead of trying to get somewhere, fantastically pirouettes...
...idea of the 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...
Anyone who reads the editorials of Old Mother Advocate probably found a subject of unexpected vivacity in the editorial entitled "A Word to the Wise" in the current issue. From her stately side-saddle posture on the back of Pegasus, Mother Advocate gravely admonishes us undergraduates, and especially us Seniors, to choose a vocation immediately...
Nine poems prance off with the remainder of the current Advocate upon the back of Pegasus. "The Ideal," by Mr. S. B. McKinley '16; "At Parting," by Mr. S. Hall '16; and "Off to the War," by Mr. W. Willcox '17 seem to be from the viewpoint, at least, of impressionistic criticism--the three most deserving poems. "Off to the War" has a splendid swing and military air. The other poems are "Dusk," by Mr. B. P. Clark '16; "The Pine Grove," by Mr. W. A. Norris '18; "Song of Spring," by Mr. A. Putnam '18; Mr. Putnam...