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...manage boys' clubs at Hale House, Children's House, North Bennet street, Industrial School, and at several churches; to teach elementary subjects at the Breadwinner's College in Boston and the Dudley street Neighborhood House; to visit the poor for the Cambridge Associated Charities; and to manage Children's Home Libraries in Boston. Several of these places have already been filled; but there are still a considerable number of vacancies. Men who volunteered for this form of social service work are requested to see Mr. Birtwell as soon as possible. A committee, of which F. S. Montgomery '08 is chairman...
Besides being an active force in Parliament, Mr. O'Connor is president of the United Irish League, Ireland's great nationalist organization, both at home and abroad, in the interest of which he is now visiting the United States...
...striking phenomenon of our day, he said, is the distrust of freedom that is manifesting itself in all walks of life. It is especially manifest in our educational institutions, for there is no moment when a young man is in a position of more freedom than when he leaves home and enters College. He can use or abuse that freedom, he can use it for good or bad purposes. It is there that freedom develops a man. It tests whether or not he can be his own taskmaster and whether or not he has the sense and resolution...
...number of applications for volunteer workers have already been received by the Social Service Committee from settlements and other institutions in Boston. The opportunities include the management of boys clubs, children's home libraries, and friendly visiting among the poor. It is requested that men who at the time of registration indicated their willingness to do philanthropic work consult Mr. Birtwell this week if possible, so that the needs of the settlements may be filled without delay...
...things for a man is to preserve his balance when demands are made upon him. Ask yourself what Harvard College is. It is the result of self-sacrifice for the past 270 years. I particularly want you to remember how your life here is going to affect those at home. All that Harvard University demands of a student is that he be a gentleman in the broadest sense and faithfully perform his College duties...