Word: aims
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...What should a man aim to do in college?" the writer goes on to ask. How do some men obtain the true value of a college education--while others miss it altogether? The answer is four-fold. To gain the best a man should make friends, not casual acquaintances, but three or four close, lasting friends. He should learn thoroughly some one subject for its own sake wholly, apart from any material profit. Any subject will do--biology, history, drama--but let him be interested in it and take it out of college with him when he leaves. Those...
...Church Cooperation Committee is to sort and send to the various churches the denominational lists, as compiled from the registration blanks at the beginning of College. By means of these lists the churches endeavor to keep in touch with the men of their denominations during the year; they aim, if possible, to have every man called upon personally at least once. J. F. Stearns '22, Chairman of the Committee, has taken an active part in this work. All the seven Harvard Square churches have been given such assistance as was possible...
...similar group of meetings was held in the fall, at which particular attention was given to the work of educational missions. The four meetings in this group, however, aim to discuss missionary work in its broader sense, covering not only work in foreign fields, but in Americans cities as well. Tonight the field of Japanese work will receive special attention...
...first meeting Captain Brown said that the principal aim of the track squad is to make this season more successful than that of last year. With this in view he urged the importance of a large squad of men with a relatively high scholastic standing. Dr. Parmenter spoke briefly on training as one requisite of success, emphasizing sleep and regular meal hours as cardinal points in the athlete's program...
...events this year are the javelin and discus throws, in which the University has a distinct advantage due to the presence of a separate coach for these events, Mr. Jakko Miccola, a former Finnish athlete. It is with an aim to secure more candidates that Coach Mikkola is conducting a series of informal competitions. As a result of these contests, R. M. Greenidge '24, H. C. Janin '22, and Malcolm Morse '24 have proved their superiority in the javelin throw while C. C. Carpenter '24 has been attaining the best results with the discus...