Word: comfort
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...next interesting part of this morning's announcement is the means by which every Freshman will be given a room at a moderate price and at a price which he can afford to pay. There will be reasonable increase in comfort for many men and a decrease in cost for almost all. Economical living will not suffer in the least...
...object of the Commission is "to undertake a comprehensive investigation of the sanitary condition of the city of Cambridge to ascertain the relations between them and the health and physical comfort of the people. To this end it is proposed: first, to enlist the co-operation of the various city departments and of such existing associations as are already considering particular phases of the problems; second, to undertake such original studies as may be necessary; third, to conduct a campaign of public interest in municipal cleanliness, especially in those sections of the city where the population is most dense; fourth...
...brilliancy and gaiety of the gathering that is swarming over the College grounds. And yet, beneath the smiles there is something serious. Only two days remain before the members of the class of 1913 will cease their undergraduate lives, most of them to leave this world of comparative comfort for one of true hardship and struggle. They have handed over their College sinecures to 1914 and are about to tackle real labor on which more than mere outward success will depend. Yet these sinecures, we hope, have taught them the principles of real success outside. The class...
...final step in their popularization. The rapid growth of the Senior Dormitories from a mere idca into one of Harvard's strongest traditions is due to the recognition of the fact the appeal must be not only to sentiment but to the senses. With modern shower baths came modern comfort; with electric lights comes a certain degree of luxury which removes the last reason for unwillingness to spend one year in the Yard. The CRIMSON highly commends the unselfish spirit and cooperation between the Corporation, and the Classes of 1914 and 1915 which have made possible this most beneficial improvement...
...Victorian turns to the verse: here surely will be comfort; he can understand. Mist, Water-Lilies, Dusk, Evening in the Town, To Snowflakes Dancing Before My Window, In Memoriam, Their First Ride Together; Wordsworth, Herrick, Tennyson, Browning! The mantle of the great upon the shoulders of another generation of poetic youth! Poetry is not dead, whatever may have been one's feelings after reading Number 1 of the new Poetry Journal...