Word: efforts
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...conversation at Memorial Hall is in a degenerate state. It is confined entirely to petty, heckling trivialities. No effort is made to discuss a subject intelligently or arrive at a logical conclusion on any question of the day. One thousand men are each wasting three hours a day in intellectual dejection which might profitably be spent in cultivating intelligent thought...
What is the remedy for this condition? Thought! The conversation need not be "sissy." It need not be high-brow. It may abound in swear words and lines with a double meaning. Is there any reason why conversation cannot show intelligent effort of the mind? Is there any reason why meal times cannot be a period of intellectual stimulus...
...course, the Harvard men in the Ambulance service, those actually engaged in the war, and those in the diplomatic services. The number is creditable and the work such as we know it, has, we hope, been of some aid and support, along the best lines of endeavor. The effort is certainly praiseworthy. But before closing let me say that there is much yet to be done, that the opportunity for helping is limitless, and that, to those who have gone over, the reward has been found immeasurable...
...coming in daily for leaders of boy's clubs, teachers of classes, boy scout leaders, and coaches of debating, glee, and dramatic clubs. The work demands a very small part of the students time; and the return to the undergraduate more than makes up for the time and effort involved...
...purpose of stimulating interest in the cause of national defense will be held in Boston on Thursday, October 21. The meeting will be presided over by Governor Walsh. Among the speakers will be Senator Henry Cabot Lodge '71, and Professor R. N. Johnston of the History department. An effort is also to be made to have Secretary of War Garrison attend. All the Massachusetts congressmen will be invited...