Word: franking
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...that the majority of the men in social service are Sophomores and Freshmen. This condition may be explained as due in most cases to the increasing demands on time made by other activities towards the end of the college career. In some instances it is doubtless due to a frank cooling of ardor for the work after the enthusiasm of the first two years. This we do not regard as an alarming fact. Enthusiasm and sincerity are absolutely essential to real worth in social service. From a man who does not carry interest and conviction in his work, a club...
...album-leaf characterization, d'Indy's frank acknowledgement of the debt of present-day composers to Wagner is an agreeable testimony to the artistic sincerity of the distinguished French musician. There are those of his countrymen who are suspiciously over-emphatic in their denial of the Wagnex influence...
...engaged a company headed by Miss Emily Stevens, who won great favor in Boston recently through her appearance with Robert Lorraine. She is a cousin of Mrs. Fiske and one of the most gifted of the younger actresses. Among the other members of the company are George Probert, Frank Currier, Henry Hull, Maud Durand, and Paula Montey...
...publication of a booklet containing a frank exposition of student life by representative Harvard students the Federation of Territorial Clubs has taken an important step in extending the influence of the College. The official statements of University authorities may be misunderstood as prejudiced, while the enthusiastic descriptions from graduates may be looked upon as colored by time, but the clear explanation of men who are on the spot, living the life and doing the work must carry the force of authority. With the fortunate selection of able contributors who are peculiarly well suited to discuss their topics, with the inclusive...
...that by Mr. H. Roswell Bates tonight upon "The New York Underworld." Mr. Bates, by reason of his long service as director of the famous Spring Street Settlement House, in New York, is peculiarly qualified to discuss the social problems presented by the "underworld" of the metropolis. His frank and vivid descriptions of the appalling evils arising from the congested life of the tenements have interested and aroused large audiences of college men at the Northfield Conferences, at Yale, at Princeton, and at other colleges. His wide knowledge of social conditions, his sincerity, and enthusiasm have brought him fame...