Word: good
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Nowadays when one encounters people who are in a reposeful state of mind about anything, they excite one's interest, even though they may not be either congenitally or congenially interesting. Among the few groups that are resting easy in a serene consciousness of good work well done, with not much more to do, is the fraternity or the sorority, of those who feel that they have at last helped to make the colleges safe for the young man. That a college is a wild and wicked place, and that of all colleges Harvard has been for years the wildest...
...silent scorn of those famaliar with the facts. Acknowledging that the use of alcoholic stimulants had has a certain vogue at Harvard, they deny that it has been greater there than at other universities; and they contend that no one can tell whether its influence has been for good or evil. Alcohol has damaged some young men in college, no doubt,--though it would probably have damaged them just the same if they had never gone to college. That it has been an aid to others without doing them any harm a good many Harvard men will stoutly assert. They...
...obtrusive at the feast. No one who drinks now can be happy; no one who lives on his capital can be happy. Enjoyment of alcoholic drink depends on its being ungrudging. The days are gone when a man will offer a conktail to another in sheer exuberance of good feeling. If a man is so fortunate as still to possess the ingredients for cocktails, he will be calculating in disposing of them. There will be a few, a very few persons that he will deem worthy of admitting to cocktail fellowship. And even with them he will feel a niggardly...
...centre of University affairs. It is duplicating in immediate circles, the larger Harvard Clubs throughout the country, and will become the common interest of graduates, undergraduates, and members of the Faculty. It will be there that all its various members will meet to combine their efforts for the good of Harvard...
...cushions, cues and pool and billiard balls have been furnished. The old lighting fixtures have been replaced by new ones. The billiard room has been placed in the charge of Mr. Ben Laurie, the billiard expert of Boston, who will see that the tables and equipment are kept in good condition. Mr. Laurie will also be glad to give lessons or instruction to those members who desire to avail themselves of this opportunity...