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...sons of prominent families in college and the plight of the puritanical "sub-deb" is lamented from the stand-point of Manhattan paganism. An interesting review of a recent novel about pre-Harkness Harvard by George A. Weller '29, describes the book as the "swan song of the old houseless Harvard already strange to this succeeding college generation." Strange indeed it does seem already! A full-length article on the houses by one of the house head-tutors takes the house plan for granted and devotes itself mainly to recommending its extension to the Graduate School...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOLCOMBE FINDS CRITIC DAMNS UNDERGRADUATE | 5/1/1933 | See Source »

...helmless ship, a houseless street...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Senate Week | 1/28/1929 | See Source »

Herr Reinhardt offered the houseless visitors beds in his castle. Said he: "They had no place to go. That is this festival for you. It is just one of those things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Salzburg | 8/24/1925 | See Source »

...moral influence of such institutions Professor Peabody considers to be very great. Many of the inhabitants are houseless beggars, drunkards, and discharged prison convicts, - though there are men of all classes to be found. Certainly there has been a great decrease of tramps in Germany since they were founded. There are various excellent characteristics to these institutions. In the the first place they are small, - Wilhelmsdorf, the largest, having room for but two hundred colonists. The system must be limited and personal to be effective. Then they are friendly and unofficial and endeavor to be domestic. Again, most...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professor Peabody in the Forum. | 2/3/1892 | See Source »

...force the houseless dwellers to roam...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AHASUERUS. | 1/16/1874 | See Source »

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