Word: labor
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...feeling of the man in the desert who sees the longed-for oasis fade into a mirage is very similar to that of the man who sees the patient labor of days turned into so much junk by an unexpected manifestation of the hidden forces of nature. Pennock met all these obstacles in the only way in which they can be successfully met: with a smile. He never acknowledged difficulties and troubles. In this way he surmounted them one by one till the first peak was fairly reached: triumph seemed assured in the first process: from that time...
...away with, and the problem of prison reform entered in. Conditions changed so that a few years ago the prisons almost all had the honor system. The men worked together in silence and separated at night. Some few 'trusties' were allowed to go outside the walls to do menial labor. But it was not a success; it was in fact a distinct failure. Two-thirds of the graduates from the prisons came back for another term, and most of the rest did not return only because they were too clever to be caught...
Recently the pendulum has been swinging the other way, for specialists tell us we should sleep as long as we can. Propagandists urge that the eight-hour law be applied to sleep as well as to labor, but still the answer to these rival claims remains unanswered...
...slightest consideration it will appear that this is not true. Many of us are here for seven years or more; a great many more for four years, a period as long as millions of citizens spend in one town, because of the varying demands of the labor market and shifting business conditions. Men of Cambridge, we are interested in your local affairs. We are in business here, in the business of training ourselves to take a more responsible part in the life of the country. Our interest in Harvard University extends to its environment. What are our qualifications...
Professor Ripley recently gave good advice when he urged men to attend the Sunday labor meetings in Faneuil Hall. College students are at the time of life when they need to become acquainted with every sort of problem in a broad, humanitarian way, without the prejudice of later years. Not only the problems of labor, but the financial, religious and diplomatic interest of the world need a first hand exploration which cannot be obtained inside the walls of a college...