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...have not the less taken service in defence of the great American ideal of democracy." It is in this class that the Harvard Surgical units really belong. We may well agree with Dr. Cabot when he says that "it is peculiarly appropriate that Harvard, founded under the ideals of Anglo-Saxon civilization, founded to uphold the cause of liberty and freedom, should have been, more than any other American university, concerned in this work...
...will eventually be able to avert the calamity of war. And I am also of the conviction that, from the point of view of the Western Allies, this war is actually being waged against war. But it must be apparent to all thoughtful people that the precious inheritance of Anglo-Saxon democracy is now at stake; that America must be prepared to fight for it, as she has fought for it before. I believe that universal service is the fairest and most democratic method of preparedness, both military and industrial; and that a plan of universal service, largely conceived, will...
Lines was a graduate of Dartmouth College, receiving his A.B. degree with the class of 1912. He prepared for college at the Anglo-Saxon School of Paris, and during his boyhood spent a great deal of his time in France...
...addition to these Extension Courses, attention is called to certain independent courses not connected with the Commission. Boston College offers evening courses in Philosophy, Ethics, and Literature, Boston University offers Saturday and late afternoon courses in Anglo-Saxon, English, the Drama, Education, French, German, Greek, Italian, Hygiene, Latin, Music, Phonetics, Spanish, and Vocational Guidance. Simmons College offers courses in Accountancy, Advanced Accounts, Dietics, Cookery, Horticulture, Continental Literature, German...
...trite complaint that the undergraduate takes his extra curricular activities more seriously than his studies. But he does this because his homelly latent philosophy is essentially a sporting philosophy, the good old Anglo-Saxon conviction that life is essentially a game whose significance lies in terms of winning or losing. The passion of the American undergraduate for intercollegiate athletics is merely a symbol of a general interpretation for all the activities that come to his attention. If he is interested in politics, it is in election campaigns. In the contests of parties and personalities. His parades and cheering...