Word: boys
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first thing that Smileage brings to my mind," said Major Henry Lee Higginson '55 in his address at the Smileage meeting yesterday, "is the old proverb, 'All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.' A man in the army, without any source of decent amusement, is very liable to suffer from a loss of morale." Major Higginson then went on to tell of the need of entertainment that prevailed during the Civil War as compared with excellent conditions now being provided at the army and navy cantonments...
...world. There is a daily lengthening list of the best and strongest of our young men who have given their lives. Of these is William Cheney. At the declaration of war he enlisted immediately in the Aviation Service, for which he had begun his preparation while a boy at St. Mark's School, a year before the war began. Though only a Freshman in Harvard College, and below the age at which the nation has called forth its young men, he was ready for service and was among the first to be sent to the front. While in training...
...school for Boy Scout masters, made necessary by the prevailing lack of men eligible for positions in the scout service, has been organized and is open to all members of the University. This course, the meetings of which are to be held at Boston University, will extend throughout a period of three months. There will be no expense attached, instruction will be individual and under the tutelage of experts, and the amount of time occupied will consist only of weekly meetings coming every Thursday. The period of apprenticeship over, a scout master is expected to devote two hours a week...
Many of the workers are engaged in some special form of special service. For example, six men are doing Juvenile Court and Associated Charities work, 15 are teaching Sunday Schools, and 10 are leading Boy Scout troops. The following table shows the exact number of men engaged and the kind of work done: Leaders of boys clubs, 156 Teaching, 31 Sunday School teachers, 15 Boy Scout leaders, 10 Probation workers, Juvenile Court, 4 Friendly visitors, Associated Charities, 2 Miscellaneous, 14 Total...
President Lowell, the speakers, and guests of honor will be met at Lafayette Square, near Central Square, on their way from Boston at about 3.30 by the Radio School Cadets, and a body of Boy Scouts, and be escorted by them to Sanders Theatre, arriving there at about 4 o'clock...