Word: commoner
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...much beauty of phrase, and a narrative sketch "At the Third Table," by W. F. Merrill. This narrative has far too little action. It attracts one, however, by its quiet realism. The author has a sense of the values of character in a group of people at a common-place because he has observed them so shrewdly...
...Civil War was anything but an unmixed evil. Patriotism prompted both sides and so with the bravery of northern soldiers "all the brave deeds of southern men are part of the common heritage of American glory. Moreover, we all know that the young men and youths who took part in that war were made better men, morally, mentally, and physically. Such service ever has been the great counteracting influence against the selfish aims and cares of everyday life. A man who engages in trade or toil, buys and sells by the yard and pound, and as the years roll...
Following this service, at 8.30 o'clock, an address will be delivered by President Eliot in the Common Room. His subject will be "The New Demands on the Ministry." The evening will be closed with the reading of the year's history of the Divinity School by Mr. R. M. Pounder...
...Harvard Engineering Society Annual meeting: election of officers "Submarine Cables for Telegraphy and Telephony." Professor Kennelly. Common Room, Conant Hall...
...object of the clubhouse as recently outlined by Odin Roberts '86, is not to furnish a loafing place but a "large animated workshop." The club will perform a very valuable service, being a common centre for Harvard men,--a service which it has until now largely failed to fulfill because of lack of a permanent home. The ambition of the present management is to characterize the appointments and service of the club by academic simplicity. This, it is believed, will stamp the club with a democratic and all-embracing atmosphere which will assure all Harvard men an open door...