Word: betterment
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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John Harvard, almost three hundred years ago, made it possible to found education in America. Today, someone is needed to found an education in international understanding. The spirit of Mr. Choate's work can be perpetuated in no better manner than by bringing together, in any way possible the students of new Cambridge and old Cambridge...
...major national problem these foreigners in our midst will loom in importance, as war problems fade. This task, indeed, will be the central one of reconstruction. No man knew this fact better nor preached its needs more consistently than Theodore Roosevelt. His recommendation should be our guarantee of its importance...
...annual old clothes and text-book collection just completed by the Phillips Brooks House Association proved very successful according to the report of the chairman of the canvassing committee. Particular credit is due the Freshman collectors, who as a whole did better work than the upperclassmen...
...undue effort on their part and we are removing to a very large extent the stimulus of intense competition upon which all achievement must in the last analysis, be based. Once remove the idea of competition from your undergraduate activities and the sooner you remove the activities themselves the better, for their incalculable value lies almost wholly in competition...
Scrimmaging was held yesterday for the second time, and the work done was very satisfactory considering the short preparation. Nothing difficult was attempted. Team A tried out new plays, while Team B was used mainly to exemplify the Cornell style of defense. Both teams showed up better in offense than in defensive work...