Word: higher
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...consensus of opinion shows conclusively that the University while being somewhat amused is thoroughly disgusted with the attitude which Mr. Wheel-wright has taken on higher salaries. He has no argument. His letter, which consists solely of incoherent statements and flashy phrases such as "clapped into a limousine" and "by dint of theatre parties and champagne", is amusing enough and well fit for the latest parody on the Harvard Magazine, even when we do not consider that the author meant it to be serious. It gives very good proof that the unintentional humor is the best...
...professor from our cruel world. Closet scholarship is unavailing in a commercial civilization. The thinker must be in vital touch with the magnificent display of energy precious souls term materialism. But high pay is no means to this end. It creates a barrier where we want a bridge. Salaries higher than a living-wage detach from life: only serious work and sacrifice pay in the end. JOHN BROOKS WHEELWRIGHT...
...have entered the higher institution of learning, seeking the vital elements of American life, can truly interpret the cartoon. For we have seen Uncle Sam, who appropriates billions upon billions of dollars, making the men wear the uniforms of world democracy, and telling them to eat war bread, doughnuts, and molasses cakes in their dormitories. In our classrooms we have been proud to sit among his soldiers, equipped for the full duties of citizenship...
...must open mindedly study to appreciate what is good in the customs and ideas of the American people. We are taught how to talk, how to write from left to right, and how to be in close touch with all phases of actual American life. The spirit of higher education, which enables us to see the social and moral activities of Harvard, finds response in our hearts. It shows us a type of education, different from that of Japan, a type which appears most important in preparing the young men for citizenship in a democracy...
...players. Seventy-six members of the class of 1922 are enrolled in the various squads of the Freshman Athletic class, which stands fourth in numbers. Baseball is next with 57 battery candidates, but when the infield and outfield men are called out this week its total will rise much higher. Tennis, stands last, claiming only 12 men. There is no regular practice in this sport, but approximately a dozen former University and Freshman players are practising several days a week in the covered court at Chestnut Hill...