Word: began
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Some of the greatest men of history have mistaken their vocations and found their true work only after false starts. Goethe began to study for the law and schiller spent some years as any army surgeon. Sir Francis Bacon believed that his fame would rest of his career as a lawyer and statesman. Bourne-Jones did not begin to paint until he was nearly thirty years old. In our own time we have seen Mr. Booth Tarkington who aspired to be an artist emerge as one of the leading American authors...
...committee was organized and enrolments began to come in. On December 22, the day before the Christmas vacation, over 700 had joined. On January 3 the announcement was made that the War Department at Washington had appointed Captain Constant Cordier, U. S. A., to command the Harvard Regiment. Headquarters were established at Weld 3, preliminary talks and meetings were held, and with a total enrolment of 950 the members of the Regiment began work in earnest...
...Hyslop began with a recital of several of his own personal experiences which finally led him to devote himself to the task of determining whether there is something more in the worold than matter and its functions. In this connection he made reference to Professor Royce, as the best type of psychical research worker, in that he sought unceasingly for facts without hindering the search by untimely attempts to explain the facts obtained...
...work in this unit has an especial appeal to the undergraduate be cause the unit is still small enough to emphasize the individual work and spirit with which undergraduates are so endowed. Below is a letter from Mr. Hoskier, who has been working in France since the war began, which will give all who are considering joining a frank opinion of what is needed...
...Union last night. "About 20 years ago there was an exodus from the Yard because of the antiquated lighting and poor plumbing of the dormitories; but these defects have now been overcome so that about ten years ago the movement for the Senior Class to repopulate the buildings began. This movement has steadily spread, increasing to a great degree the unity of each class during its last year in college, 1918 already has a head start on class solidarity obtained in the Freshman dormitories and should take advantage of this lead by entering the Senior dormitories as a whole...