Word: earnest
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Good crew men are developed only through regular and consistent training, offered by practice on the machines; many first rate oarsmen are "machine-made." Training for all who hope to win places on the crews next spring should start in earnest today. Freshmen especially are urged to attend as regularly as possible...
...slumming, if it consisted in a program of bazars, namby-pamby meetings, "sociables" and the other unfortunate features that often attend attempts at amateur social service, this falling off in interest could be understood. But the work done by Phillips Brooks House really accomplishes something. It has always been earnest and sane and has helped both the persons for whom it was done and those...
With deep sadness the CRIMSON records the death of its ex-president, George Norton Phillips. Earnest and sincere in purpose, and fulfilling all that is inherent in the name of friendship, his life was an inspiration to those who will long miss his companionship. The tireless energy and diligence with which he served this paper will endear forever his memory to his associates and his successors...
...synonymous with vulgar curiosity and condescending meddling, is wrong, as the men who did work of this sort last year will testify. There are man-sized jobs waiting for men to take them, in this field. Social service as conducted by Phillips Brooks House is not play, but earnest work, replete with opportunities for tact and executive ability, and full of real problems...
...Glee Club has not only reached a footing in college life, but gradually as a result of earnest efforts, has established a standard of college singing which is second to none. This is not due alone to the fellows themselves, but in far greater degree to the training which the club has received under the supervision of Dr. Davison...