Word: boys
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...thought, merely -- that when we adopt for the athletic field a system of endeavor less serious in its demands and less exalted in its obligations are we not operating to defeat the primary purposes of essential university work as already set forth? In other words, does not a boy, whether he be a Varsity man or a member of a class or whatever team, receive moral and physical benefit from any game in which he may play in proportion as he is taught and inspired to play that game to the limit of his ability. Therein, I should...
...first wounded American dough-boy to come into our hands set the entire Unit in ecstasies of delight--every Harvard man swelled with pride--not because the poor fellow's wounds amounted to anything in themselves, but because they were a positive, visible proof to our British companions that America was in the war. Every member of our Unit has made lasting fiendships with the English. Many of us were detached to other hospitals which were understaffed when the big push was on, and so I am sure that by rubbing shoulders with the British officers and Tommies throughout...
Coming after a period when welfare organizations have conducted their campaigns for millions the modest drive of the Boy Scouts of this vicinity for $60,000 is a novel contrast, No organization has been more patriotic or done more, in proportion to its opportunities, to aid in war work. And its request for funds to continue its work deserves to meet with the most substantial support from the public at large...
...happier or more successful project for the worthy development of the American boy has ever been brought forward. The Scout is admired by old and young alike for the principles upon which his organization is founded are admirably chosen to produce a youth of the highest type, and in the future a citizen of invaluable worth. The Scouts have conclusively shown their intrinsic value by the ability and willingness with which they have served the country in its time of need. The energy which they displayed in canvassing for Liberty Loans brought well earned credit to themselves and benefit...
...Auslander invokes "the high, unheeding heart of beauty" melodiously; then, with a sense of return to actualities we read "Runaway," by Malcolm Cowley. Here is poetry stripped of every decoration. The technique is clever, but concealed; and the whole interest is thrown on the psychology of the country boy running away to make his fortune in the city...