Word: joying
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that "super-sixes" among men go through life at a disadvantage on account of their height; but yesterday, at President Eliot's lecture, many of those present would have been glad to add a cubit to their stature, in order to see over the crowd that packed Peabody Hall. "Joy in Work," with Dr. Eliot as the speaker, is a fertile topic, and those who wedged their way in, as well as those who crowded the stairway outside, were rewarded for their attention...
...they are going to be scientists, have always had the answer that "it broadens them". Dr. Eliot's remarks now suggest another answer: it gives them a chance to make sure that their first choice is correct, and that they have chosen work in which they can find continued joy. Dilettantism in the college, a tendency to try a little of everything, is much condemned; but, in one respect, there is still a word to be heard in its favor...
Speaking yesterday afternoon at Phillips Brooks House, President Eliot in his lecture on "Joy in Work" emphasized the need of a change in the attitude of the average man towards his work...
...clock tomorrow afternoon at Phillips Brooks House, President Eliot will speak on the subject "Joy in Work". Due to illness, the address was postponed from Feb. 18, Dr. S. McC. Crothers '99 speaking at that date instead...
...fertility rather than poverty of imagination." No doubt W. L. Geroge is a genius; this masterpiece is from one of his novels; "The cloud that tried to stab their happiness was only a false rumor whose bitter taste could not shatter the radiance nor dim the effervescence of their joy...