Word: drinking
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...once have been a plot centre about a law student in Paris who has not yet met the girl; the girl herself; a Mama with suffragette leanings, yet clothed in most ladylike attire; a Papa who made money in Omaha, Neb., transferred it to his wife. and now will drink cocktails on the sly in spite of her; an English lord wanted by Mama for Marjorie; a mock-English lord to do the confusion-of-identity stunt;--all these and more are tangled up in Cook's Office in Paris with the Opera standing bravely in an empty square outside...
...opportunities, and is accomplishing much through numerous hospitals, Y. M. C. A.s and settlements. It has not, however, made itself felt as it should in regard to the really living problems of the day, and if it continues to remain inactive other agencies will take its place. The drink problem, the social evil, financial and labor problems, all have a remedy, and that obtainable only through the Church and Christ's teachings...
...arranged in a logical order so that the student who attends regularly may feel that he is in a way receiving instruction similar to that given in college courses on these subjects. The topics discussed will include: The tariff, wages, immigration, poverty and housing, parks and playgrounds, the drink problem, taxation, marriage and divorce, political questions and socialism...
...tables can be turned. We must become saturated with the true 'Harvard spirit' which can and will overwhelm any 'Yale spirit' which Yale can muster. We must saturate ourselves with the 'Harvard spirit,' not of the vintage which says, 'O Hell, we will win; let's have another drink,' but with the 'Harvard spirit' which spells determination to win. Let us all concentrate our minds on this, so that the players will feel the vibrations and be affected by it. In 1908, at New Haven, I felt these vibrations on the side lines. In 1909, I felt 'Harvard pessimism...