Word: enlistment
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...sentiments of President Eliot in regard to athletics do not enlist any sympathy from the members of this University, so far as the opinions expressed can be learned. It is thought that the President has treated his subject, particularly that part on football, from a prejudicial standpoint, and that his information comes from the sensational accounts of the games seen in some papers...
...system of charitable work in Boston, which received its impulse from the organization of charities in London 30 years ago, is today the most perfect in the world. It aims to enlist personal effort and sympathy to cooperate with organization. Whether such an attempt can be successfully made in cities as large as New York and London is an unsolved problem...
...Roosevelt was warmly received. He said that he did not feel it necessary to try to enlist the sympathies of Harvard men in civil service reform. Every Harvard man, by instinct and training, believes in decent politics, and civil service reform is but another name for decency in a certain part of politics...
...need of philanthropic enterprise on the part of the students, and to show the present possibility of effectual work of that kind. Both the need and the fitness of Harvard students in part to supply this need are unquestionable. It is a cause worthy to awaken sympathy, and enlist cooperation...
Every student of the University, whether a member of the Christian Association or not, is earnestly urged to enlist in this or any other work of the association. Names may be sent to E. von Mark, chairman, at 18 Bowdoin St., Cambridge. He will also be glad to answer any questions...