Word: burden
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When he started upon his wanderings early this fall, the Vagabond planned for himself a general itinerary, a prospectus, so to speak, of the organization and direction of his journey. Fearing for his eyesight-for it has been falling somewhat-and the feeling that the added burden of spectacles would be more than his depleted circumstances would bear comfortably, he had decided to be at least as much of a vagabond as a student and occasionally tread upon the sweet, scented pathways of wholly useless enjoyment...
...which Dean Gauss writes, such as the resentment against any interference by the authorities in outside activities, athletic and non-athletic, such a feeling is not strong at Harvard. The fields which are left largely to the control of the authorities, those in which the authorities share the burden with undergraduate managers, and those which are managed entirely by undergraduates, have been determined by experience, and smoothly and on the whole painlessly demarked. Those who are used to breathe the air of freedom are not likely to wave the red flag of rebellion, and it is seldom that...
...registration every student was afforded opportunity to volunteer for social service work. Many men ignored this; others shunted the burden less gracefully after once volunteering. It has been impossible thus far to reach all the volunteers but as the number gradually decreases it becomes more and more evident that the percentage of real workers will be far too low. A re-canvassing of all students may become necessary but it would be much more fitting if Harvard's quota were genuinely volunteer and not begged...
...shall never forget the reddened snowsleds, filled with the hacked bodies, going to the cemetery to desposit their sad burden, in a common pit. They brought the wounded to the hospital? armless and legless men, mutilated babies and young women whose screams became faint as their wounds overcame them...
...well understand your keen interest in this most marvelous invention with its great possibilities. Those of us who were pioneers will soon be forced to turn the reins of radio over to you boys, and we want you to be strong and healthy, as the burden will undoubtedly increase as new avenues for radio are opened up by you and your colleagues. "This is a marvelous field for the American boy, and such enthusiasm as you have displayed should as a rule be commended rather than discouraged, but in order to develop into a big, strong, healthy boy you must...