Word: callings
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...necessary, under our faulty democratic government, to give the war an "unconditional moral support." How this extraordinary task is to be accomplished he explains with the utmost lucidity. The undergraduates are to contribute to the "austere and thoughtful academic influence" of the University by refusing to enlist until a call shall be received to which they can, without loss of dignity, respond. Meanwhile, the fighting shall be left to fellows whose fathers did not happen to send them to college, and who, if they happen to be shot or to die of yellow fever, will be no great loss...
...influence." There was no course in austere influences in my day; and we were never advised to use any particular brand of patriotism. In fact, we were rather led to believe that those who occupy the choicest places in the Republic should be the quickest to respond to its call for service. Perhaps we were misled by General Charles Lowell's reply to the man who proposed a regiment of gentlemen in the army: "What do you mean by 'gentlemen,' Drivers of gigs?" As to the loss of dignity from eagerness to serve, we had an idea that Colonel Shaw...
DANA CHAMBERS.- Two choice corner singles. Large window seats. All quartered oak finish. Best of plumbing. Steam heat. Gas and electric light. Hard wood floors. Send for pamphlet or call at Cambridge Savings Bank, Cambridge...
...SPECIAL offer to the Harvard students this season. The best suit for value ever offered at twenty-five dollars. Call and examine. L. Pinkos, Tailor, 1122 Mass. Ave., Cambridge...
...perfectly new Washburn banjo for sale very cheap. This is a great bargain and anyone wishing to secure such an instrument would do well to call at Briggs and Briggs Music Store...