Word: collector
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...less patriotic untouched. It places a financial difficulty on future generations; the amount of money it will realize is indefinite; its success may not always be assured. Yet despite all this, it possesses political and psychological advantages of undoubted merit. Where the public, already crushed by the tax-collector's demands, would not stand any increase in taxation, it gladly buys bonds. There is no better stimulus than a Liberty Loan campaign for arousing patriotic spirit and putting the whole nation behind the wheel of war. Bonds have their serious limitations, but they stir the popular imagination...
...ancient Chinese painting has been recently added to the exhibits at the Fogg Art Museum through the gift of Charles L. Freer of Detroit, a collector of Chinese art and an authority on the subject. It is a large picture entitled "Ancient Pines and Rocks," attributed to Li Cheny, a master of the Sung Dynasty. It was painted in the period when the feudal regime was at its height and shows in a marked degree the influence of that regime. According to authorities on the subject, the work was composed...
...long been discarded. Every man has a shelf or drawer full of things which he no longer uses. Old clothing accumulates rapidly. It is psychologically natural, however, for men to part slowly with possessions once acquired, and to declare they have nothing to give, upon being questioned by a collector. There seems to be nothing more difficult than the emptying of an overcrowded drawer into the waiting hands of charity...
...support of this year's collection. All clothing secured will be given to the Red Cross as a part of the proceeds of their campaign for the destitute of Belgium and Northern France. During the next few days an inventory of available gifts and a hearty response to the collector's request should be on the program of every student...
...collection this year will be under the direction of G. C. Barclay '19. Following is a complete list of the collectors and the rooms to which they have been assigned; in every case the assignment is in the dormitory and entry in which the collector lives...