Word: wiser
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...number of gentlemen of color, who will endeavor to dodge any missiles which the Seniors may wish to throw. A hearty feast of sea-food and fruits in season will be then consumed by the ravenous picnic party, who will finally wind their way back to Cambridge sadder but wiser...
...none of the abuses of other sports, employs no professional coaches, has few injuries, and gives the required amount of outside interest during a period when college life is extremely dull. We do not wish to see the baseball or football schedules cut down, but it would seem far wiser to take off some of their many games than make a total abolition of so excellent a sport as hockey. C. C. PELL '08. J. P. WILLETTS '09. K. S. CATE...
...clever arguments of his chum, Knight Byrd, "Jimmy" is protected from the wrath of the millionaire Brown. The latter returns to Chicago, a sadder and a wiser man, while Frances Parks and "Jimmy" leave on their happy honeymoon...
...broad humor of burlesque that carries itself in any tongue, and strikes the eye in the action of the players before the words reach the ear. Sganarelle's daughter is sick of love for her Clitandre. Her dull old father is too stupid to see the only cure. Wiser is the daughter's companion, the sage Lisette--wise beyond her years. She tells slow-witted Sganarelle that it will be a death-bed unless physicians are summoned. There is safety in numbers thinks the old man, and four doctors answer his call--pure figures of burlesque, and a little bitter...
Assuming that the present Statue exercises cannot be repeated this year, would it not be wiser to omit all formal exercises in the afternoon, unless an acceptable program, of exercises can be arranged, to take place in the Yard, as in the years before the Statue was substituted for the tree, as the centre of interest...