Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...class secretary is the officer, upon whom the class will largely depend for coherence, enthusiasm, and direction during its career after graduation. The office is no sinecure. It should be filled by a person who keeps constantly in touch with his classmates; he should know how to collect and edit news for the Class Reports, which means that he should have experience in the details of printing and proof-reading; his acquaintance should be as wide as the class, not limited by the interested of any set, club, or clique...
...writers of this letter say is still more gratifying, however, in that it shows that the College at large is still actively interested in a new Gymnasium. We have not yet had a satisfactory reason for not appointing a Freshman canvassing committee to find out whether or not the enthusiasm extends to all classes...
...same time we cannot help feeling that a committee that has collected a considerable amount of money from the student body for a given project, is under obligations to further that project to the best of its ability. It is not our belief that any enthusiasm has been lost in this matter. It is simply dormant and needs proper leadership to bring it forth. Why are not the separate class committees efficiently collecting this money by notifying the individual men that their pledges are due, and why is there not a Freshman Committee extending the work? A little personal effort...
During last year's canvass 1041 pledges were received by the committee from undergraduates, the movement, entailing only promises, being accompanied by considerable enthusiasm. On the date that the last payment of the subscriptions was due, suitable notice appeared and repeated later efforts were made to secure payment. Today 205, just one firth of last year's pledges, are paid in full. As a last resort the committee is undertaking an individual postcard canvass of the delinquents, in the hope of eliciting a few more of the promised contributions. But the quantity of unredeemed pledges, two months after all should...
...general accusation which comes from the Gymnasium Committee this morning is pointed. But we think that the slow response of delinquents to the entreaties of the Committee is due to a lack of funds rather than of enthusiasm. This is a low time of year for the treasury. And, so we do not agree with the Committee when it says that little more can be done until the unredeemed pledges have been paid up. The pledge of a gentleman will always be met in the end, which means that the unpaid pledges still represent real financial interest, that measure...