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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...made to depend on a large attendance, and that the lecturers should not feel neglected if they found themselves addresing a group of three of four conscientious listeners. Other promoters felt that the course should be highly informal, and should be held in one of the House Common Rooms, to lend an air of friendly brotherhood in anticipation of any embarrassment on the part of the discussion group. Thursday night's display of enthusiasm must have sent these apologists home with their tails hanging low, if indeed they recall one whit of hesitation on their own part as of five...
...much asserted. Professor Munn's opinion that we trust too much to human intellect, and will not learn to pray until some overwhclming experience forces us to our knees, is applicable to many of us in this age which considers itself so self-sufficient. Even more significant is the common acceptance of the past as hopeless and the future as not worth worrying over. The faith and determination that move mountains are conspicuous in their absence, now that man has learned so many handy aids to comfortable living...
There seems to be a real reason for the oft roiterated cry for a more perfect union of national forces; about 50 per cent of the common people appear to be apathetic toward the Japanese imperialistic polic in Asia. Furthermore, the controlled press is quite willing to admit that the Japanese financial position is very precarious at the present time...
...than in his devoted service to the University as a member of the Corporation. He gave his complete support to the liberal policies of the University, including its maintenance of academic freedom under Presidents Eliot, Lowell, and Conant. In the counsels of the University he contributed a hard-headed common sense, often expressed in a picturesque vernacular, that presented issues in their clearest and simplest form and aided greatly in arriving at sound conclusions...
...Lowell House Scientific Society will hold its first meeting of the year tonight in the Lowell House Common Room at 7:30 p.m. Professor Berry of the Harvard Engineering School will speak on "What Science Does for Engineering." Future programs will be announced and plans for the year will be discussed...