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...letter today concerns the popular Inca pastime of Rolo, which our specialists have just discovered. At the base of the mountain we came upon a huge pile of rocks stacked haphazard at the foot of a broad ramp which led up the slope to the site of the university. We were long in a quandary about their significance, but by means of various records unearthed in the city above, or cut in the rocky faces of the cliff (details of which I must spare you), Senor Alvarotez has deduced this astonishing explanation...
...early years of the university, it became necessary to erect a new building, and as the material was not at hand on the mountain-top, a few students were requisitioned to bring it up from below. Large cut rocks were stacked at the foot of the slope, and then rolled up the incline one at a time. After a few trips, two of the men suggested that they race each other up. The plan was adopted, end soon a lively game was in progress. Before long the sport was developed so that many men could take part, and it became...
Gilboa is situated near Grand Gorge on the western slope of the Catskill Mountains. During the Devonian period of geological time, which immediately preceded the carboniferous period when the coal-measures were formed, the region where Gilboa now stands is thought to have been a swamp formed by the delta of a river flowing from what is now northeastern New England into a continental sea which covered most of New York, Pennsylvania, and the regions to the westward. The fossils, weighing several hundred pounds, are good examples of the tree-like Devonian vegetation found in this region...
According to plans recently made public, Yale will have a new athletic field and running track. The land around the Bowl will be developed by filling in a portion of the meadow. A full view of the 220-yard track will be afforded from the slope of the bowl. A new three-story clubhouse with quarters for athletes, 40 shower baths, a trophy room and a place for equipment is to be constructed at the Derby avenue end of the field...
...champion of the West with the champion of the East is, of course, not true and Harvard would be the last to make any such claim. It is fair to say, however, that the University of Washington, has been rather more successful in its debating career on the Pacific Slope than most of its rivals. And while Harvard does not claim any superiority in the East the fact that intercollegiate debating originated here and that our record shows rather more than our fair share of victories, perhaps entitles us to believe that on this occasion at any rate...