Word: ask
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...suggest that you, Mr. Harvard, read thoughtfully again Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, go over to the Memorial Church, and then ask yourself whether bowling alleys, swimming pools, facilities for dramatics, and similar whatnots for personal enjoyment, or even for personal self-improvement, really yield the answer to the War Memorial question...
...means, endeavor to create a center for student activities but I ask reverently, in God's name, don't try to label it a WAR MEMORIAL. The fact that Yale, Dartmouth and maybe other universities are planning to raise millions for Activities Centers should not divert Harvard from the path leading to a truly inspiring project that will be plainly and solely a WAR MEMORIAL. Harry E. Warren...
...soccer coaches' meeting also agreed to ask the national rules committee to change the game rules and allow free substitution...
...skiing college: "You'll eat in ski pants, dance in ski pants, and if you ever get to bed, you might just as well sleep in ski pants." Amherst parties "are definitely of the beery, spur-of-the-moment variety"; a Holyoke girl once complained that "all they ask you for is to sing tenor in some quartet." Princeton parties are held "in rooms that seem no larger than a small station wagon." And a Yale football weekend is "one continuous cocktail party, punctuated by an occasional dance and an afternoon sitting in the cold to sober...
...alternative was on his desk within a week of this statement. The Council's proposals should cut down both inter-departmental misunderstandings and unnecessary student investigatory efforts. But vice-President Reynolds can hardly expect to run the Harvard community without discussing complaints with student citizens. He can only ask that such questioning be pertinent, and that the investigators use as little of his time (and theirs) as possible...