Word: demands
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...creeds. That tolerance is the very basis of the appeal of the Phillips Brooks House at Harvard University. By putting an emphasis upon conduct rather than creed I believe the Brooks House has assured its position forever in the respect and affection of students. I also believe that the demand for practical opportunities to express the formless personal religion of the individual is characteristic not only of Harvard men, but is the demand of students in every college everywhere...
Last year mention was made in my article in the "Bulletin" of the charity work done by students for the poor of Cambridge. The demand for this work came from the students themselves, who felt that they ought to be ding something to alleviate conditions caused by unemployment. Continuing this successful experiment, twenty dinners were distributed this year at Thanksgiving, and at Christmas shoes and stockings were given to twenty-five poor boys. All of these cases were investigated by the Cambridge Welfare Union, but the actual distribution was done by the students themselves. In this way, they were able...
Even if the national treasury were bursting with billions, the American Legion ought to hesitate long before saying "WE demand" a bonus for ex-service men. When the fact is that the paying of a bonus will be a decided handicap, the Legion, by its action, has put an unmistakable cash value on patriotism. Serve your country but be-mighty careful it serves you--not only by its offering you protection from injustice and an opportunity to work and live, things beyond price, but in terms of dollars and cents. How does this attitude of the Legion square with that...
...cause the ghosts of the old showmen to shriek with envy. How the owner of the "Great Monohippic Show," would have loved that writer. It is hard to believe that such an art nearly perished. If the motion pictures can really bring it back, then, whatever the cost, we demand the motion pictures...
...years to obtain positions through the Appointment Office. Professor Fred A. Robinson '91, Head of the English Department at the University wishes to communicate with men who have specialized in English and especially with those who have obtained the degree of Master of Arts. There is also the usual demand for men interested in athletics. Those who have made no definite plans should leave their names at the Appointment Office. University 11, in the near-future...