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...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 the most popular pastime in college. It was given the name of Rolo, and all maner of rules were devised. The Circle of the Elders discovered that Rolo had a beneficial effect on the health of the contestants...
...unfortunate development was noted. Little by little, the students were beginning to neglect their books and gather on the cliff-tops to watch the progress of the sport. In fact the playing of the game was left to a chosen few, while all the others gathered round to watch. Interest in the contests became intense; teams of Roloists were formed, and the students divided in heated rivalry. It is even recorded that Rolo experts from distant lands came to compete with the Incamen, and that the whole nation became fevered with enthusiasm for the game...
...original purpose of the game, to carry up building materials, had been long since forgotten, in fact a new form of the sport had to be invented to roll the rocks down again. The spectators increased prodigiously in numbers. Railings were built along the cliff-tops, and places allotted on payment of a substantial sum. Tickets were soon at a premium; these, let me add, were the small bone chips which we have gathered in large numbers from the ruins. In time, the income from this source alone was sufficient to maintain the whole institution...
...classes were deserted! From every side came the complaints of parents: "Behold, we have sent our children to be instructed; wherefore then, do they roll rocks?" And indeed this was true; no longer did anyone come there to gain training of the mind. They came only for the great sport of Rolo. Rolo was the raison d'etre of the university, the paramount appeal to the people of the Inca realm. The furore which this revelation caused must have been tremendous, says Senor Alvarotez. The cry was taken up on all sides. Leaf after leaf of the college paper...
Provided the Athletic Committee ratifies the recent petition to make boxing a minor sport, which has been approved by the Student Council, this date may be changed. If this shift is made, the championship matches will be used to select the team which will probably meet Yale...