Word: aims
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Perry considered that a mistake is made at freshman receptions by laying too much stress upon what everyone should go out for. "A man must go in for the greatest things in life, not out for them." He advised them to search within themselves and inquire into the real aim of their college life and their object in being here. He did not declaim against, going out for the activities in college but said that here the Freshmen have a chance of a lifetime to find the most important thing in the world, but a chance which is not held...
...annual canvass for funds carried on every fall by Phillips Brooks House will start today under a system different from that ever before employed. It is the aim of those in charge of the collection to obtain $5,000, and to secure this sum three teams have been selected from the Sophomore and Junior classes, the members of which have been assigned to various dormitories. There will be a contest between these teams to collect the most money and reports will be printed in the CRIMSON from day today recording the status of the collectors...
...throughout what has been dubbed Camp Library Week. The Library War Council appointed by the Secretary of War intends to erect a comfortable library and fill it with good books at each of the thirty-two cantonments and the numerous training camps. This short explanation of the Council's aim is enough in itself. We need bestow no elaborate praise on so worthy a motive for raising money, since he who wrote "We may live without books" has been proved remarkably presumptuous long since. Man must read and our army is composed of men, not animals...
...second of these courses is being given in co-operation with the executive committee of the Certified Public Accountants of Massachusetts, Inc. There are three classes daily, the aim of this course being to train men for cost inspection in factories which have contracts with the Government...
...feel that it is a great opportunity to put athletics in its proper place develop new men and give more students an opportunity to participate and compete. Having a university represented by a few stars may win games but the mere winning of games should not be the chief aim and purpose of educational institutions...