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...over and "war drives" are things of the past, there will be added interest in the extensive work of the Phillips Brooks House Association. Among the most important on its list of activities are, social service, mainly through boys' clubs, athletic instruction, teaching English to immigrants, and "Americanization"; Reception to Freshmen and new students; "Open House" held on Thanksgiving and Christmas; the Text Book Loan Library; the annual collection of clothing for the poor; and the new Information Bureau...
...increased interest shown in Phillips Brooks House is to be added the fact of a far larger registration of students this year than last. In all probability there will be no campaign among the undergraduates for the Harvard Endowment Fund. Consequently it is to be hoped that the sum of $4600 raised last year, despite war conditions, will be greatly exceeded in this drive. As a goal the committee...
...committee at University Hall to meet the "Grads" and they will be accompanied wherever they wish. Some will go to the dormitories, others to the classrooms where the students are gathered to see "how it is done today." Still others will visit the laboratories. There will be among them some who never have been in Widener Library just because it was so close and convenient that they put off from day to day and time to time their plans to "drop out." In all departments there will be authorities to explain whatever is asked. The "Grads" will come...
...Endowment Fund is coming in, it is hoped that, among other improvements, the Faculty will be able to devote more time toward maintaining cordial relations with the individual student. The Faculty Lunch Room may become a veritable High Table, with its several undergraduates invited to take lunch with their friends in the Faculty. And perhaps the homes of the professors will be more frequently visited by members of the student body...
...reception of Phillips Brooks House to the members of 1923 last evening, Colonel Goetz, who was among the many speakers, reminded the Freshmen of the opportunities offered them by the military courses here to prepare themselves for service in time of need. He pointed out that whereas the Sophomore Class had come forward with interest and a large enrolment, the Freshmen, in the rush of their first days at the University, had overlooked the advantages they now have to undertake a course offering not only the reward of a commission in the Reserve Corps, but also a combination of carefully...