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Skule
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skule skulę skułę
English
Etymology
From en skule, a deliberate misspelling of en school that was used by the students during its founding years.
Proper noun
en informal The Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto.
en 21 January 1959 ‘Four Years Of Sweat?’ Toike Oike 52 6 Toronto, Ont. Engineering Society of the University of Toronto 2 https://archive.org/details/toikeoike_19590121/page/2/mode/1up 1 0049-4038 945794700 We asked him if he didn’t think that about a year from now he would look back on Skule days and remember a few things that weren't so bad.
en 1985 One Hundred Years of Skule Canadian Chemical News 37 Ottawa, Ont. Chemcan Publishers 46 https://books.google.com/books?id=k_VJAQAAIAAJ&q=Skule 0823-5228 10399941 One hundred years ago Canada’s oldest Engineering Society was founded by a group of students over dinner. This Society was to go on to represent the 23,000 students who graduated from the School (affectionately known as Skule,
en 2008 Yutaka Harold Yoneyama University of Toronto An Evacuee’s Memoir: An Account from the Writer's Own Recollection Toronto, Ont. Pro Familia Publishing 48 https://books.google.com/books?id=uq86AQAAIAAJ&q=Skule 9781896596150 Apparently some of the Ajax students, during University of Toronto’s initiation week, somehow talked a distaff medical student to come to Ajax. She obviously was not aware that she was going to be held hostage for a few days. Her parents were kept informed and guaranteed no harm would come to their daughter. All this because the famous Skule cannon was stolen by the Med students.
en 2015 October Dominic Hong Edgar Wang The Cannon XXXVIII 2 Toronto, Ont. University of Toronto Engineering Society 2 https://archive.org/details/cannon_201510/page/2/mode/1up 0711-4370 1080654565 We publish Skule-related news ranging from personal topics to community-wide issues, as you will come across later on during your year at Skule.
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