Word: ideas
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...another column the CRIMSON prints an article by one of the principal backers of the summer camp idea, Colonel Roosevelt. "These camps," he says, "are the entering wedge for a system of universal and obligatory military training for universal and obligatory military service." The word "obligatory" always has and probably always will irritate certain kinds of American citizens, the flag-waving, "land-of-the-free" singing kind. To them it savors of imperialism, largely because the most imperialistic of all nations has obligatory military training...
...Allinson's "Life" is a whimsical bit of verse; how much more crisply a similar idea has been treated, he can easily discover by reading Rupert Brooke's "Heaven." "When the Dead Awaken," by Mr. Willcox, is commonplace. Mr. Leffingwell attempts a feat of compression in a "A Song of Resurrection," and leaves his reader in a somewhat confused state of mind. Mr. Sanger collects his impressions of "Iron Ore Mines," and expresses his views about "America's Mission" in something that appears to be akin to free verse. Both his impressions and his views are worth while; but they...
Professor Emeritus J. C. Warren contributes "David Williams Cheever," a retrospect and an appreciation. Professor Cheever held the chair of surgery and later served as an Overseer. He was a teacher, a writer, and Professor Warren gives a clear idea of him as a sage and kindly example of the confidential family physician of the old school...
...article containing the most interest from an undergraduate point of view is "Reminiscences of '66," by Mr. George Batchelor '66. It gives an idea of the Harvard which President Eliot found when he came into office. His predecessor is almost unknown, even by name, to the average undergraduate, so that it is a pleasure to read of the days of President Hill. Mr. Batchelor speaks with some familiarity of Longfellow and Lowell, and also manages to give an account of the struggles out of which the present Harvard club system developed...
...times, which, unofficially, were as follows: Half-mile, 2 minutes, 25 seconds; mile, 4 minutes, 56 seconds; mile and one-half, 7 minutes, 26 seconds; two-mile, 9 minutes, 52 seconds. These times are way above the average, and with respect to the stroke set, they give some idea of the drive of the first crew...