Word: amide
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Because of my intimate associations with Prof. Hart, visiting Harvard clubs over the country and attending his lectures, I feel that I too can clasp the hand of the Harvard man and join in the Harvard yell. My college yell, evolved amid the clang of the hammer, the buzz of the wheel, and the screech of the whistle has been Rah, Rah, Rah, Work...
...primary purpose for which these annual gatherings of college men are held is to face fearlessly and sanely the moral and spiritual problems that confront the college men of today." They are not intended as a pleasant ten days to help students recover from the year's work amid congenial surroundings. The purpose as outlined and as it is fulfilled each year is both praiseworthy and practical. There have been many men who have profited more than they knew how to tell by attending these meetings. They have returned to college better able to meet their own problems...
...amid the paean of congratulations a discordant note has been sounded a note which, though perhaps uncalled for, deserves consideration nevertheless. The criticism that has arisen concerns, not the singing--that is beyond criticism--but the type of the songs. It would seem that there has been a misunderstanding in several quarters, due to the name of the organization. Glee Clubs, it is argued, should confine themselves to a collegiate, or rather so-called collegiate type of entertainment, rather than deviate into more classical channels. People who, unfamiliar with the repertoire of the Harvard Glee Club, look forward...
Next in order of merit we would select "The Blue and the Grey," a story of the Civil War. That familiar piece of fiction which has for its theme the young southern officer, carrying despatches amid impossible difficulties, the Battle of Gettysburg and the tiresome elaboration about the relative positions of the opposing forces, is here, held up to a heavy barrage of ridicule. This sarcasm in turn is directed against the detective story of today in "Who do You Thing Did It? or The Mixed-Up Murder Mystery"--only the final outcome is not in accordance with the usual...
...amid all his activities, ever lose his close touch with the University from which he graduated. For thirteen years he held the position of an overseer; he established, in memory of his son, a chemical laboratory; and Jefferson Physical Laboratory still stands as a monument to his generosity. By his death, Harvard has lost a loyal friend...