Word: evens
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...problems of physical science, and are doing self-organized work in this direc- tion, is shown by an article on "Socialism at Harvard," by W. Lippmann. It would, of course, be more commendable if this interest would show itself in some more rational form than socialist propaganda, but even zeal without knowledge may be better than no zeal at all. Like all zealots, the socialists magnify their cause out of all proportion to its real significance, and imagine that it alone represents a serious interest in problems of human welfare. The poem on "The Bread Line" by L. G. Painter...
...only within the last 25 years that college men have turned in large numbers to business life on graduation, and even at the present time few of them engage in retail trade. Though in recent graduating classes at Harvard more than one-half of the members have announced their intention of going into "business," they usually enter manufacturing, wholesale trading, or some form of banking. The evolution of the department store, involving the centralization under a single management of many operations of trade and manufacturing, is a development of the present which has raised the retail business to the dignity...
...life and the belief in a personal religion. Christ believed in the marvellous growth of good from humble beginnings. Our life should be one of sacrifice. In the utterance, "For he that hath to him shall be given; and he that hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he hath," we at first may see an element of injustice. But as we study it more carefully, we realize that it is but another phase of Christ's belief; the ability to attain any goal comes not so much from the possession of power as from...
This survey serves to bring out the large proportion of his teaching which deals with the simplest principles of ethics. These could not possibly perish because of their irresistible vitality. Even the man who can get no religion out of the teaching of Jesus can yet find a priceless treasure in his ethical teachings...
...most discouraging state of affairs is disclosed by Captain Rand's communication in another column, calling for more candidates for the track team. At present there are very few fast men out for the sprints, and the figures for the weight events are even more disheartening. Strange as it may seem, there are less than five men throwing the hammer and only eight are putting the shot. It is undoubtedly true that there are many heavy men in the University who could qualify for the weight events after a spring's training with Coach Quinn, but at Harvard there...