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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Across the seas whole nations watch under arms. Last Christmas it was prophesied they would observe a truce of God, but no truce came. On that day which all of a common faith believe holy there was no relax in the revel of death. Where may these untold millions find consolation in the day if it brings no peace...
...elusive, golden and beautiful. They are perhaps most often noticed in the morning when the weariness from a day's work has not come over one. They are small floating islands of joy which the child laughs at and seeks to capture. In life at college one may also find numerous sun circles. A person with a real smile makes the difference of a cloudy day changed to a sunshiny day. The slightest semblance of a joke, in a tense atmosphere of a class room, often causes the whole assemblage to laugh violently. The earnest person needs many sun circles...
...marking and other ingenious devices it has produced a very salutary effect. Hounded in this fashion both by Office and students, the poor snap course has ceased to exist as a separate species. There are still hard courses and easy courses, it is true, but the student will now find that what he gets out of a course both in marks and in knowledge depends very nearly upon what he puts into it in the way of conscientious endeavor...
Although the University's numerical superiority in the relief work seems threatened, in such kindly rivalry we can feel only pleasure. If Harvard's lead is to remain undiminished, let it be by no abatement of volunteers from other Universities, but through increased service from all men who can find the means or time to do their share...
...Your stamp, John Harvard, is a seal upon the faith of an army of your sons. It unites them, strengthens them, and gives them everlasting pride. We who have once borne your banners can never again escape your guidance. In seeking to be worthy of it shall we find our reward and growth...