Word: lets
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...undergraduate body might well be accused of having "a morbid propensity to sloth and procrastination." The collection of these pledges is ordinarily no easy work since they are so widely scattered. This gift of the University was not from a few, but from the whole body of students. Let us expedite this work by turning in our money at Phillips Brooks House before some outside cynic again breaks forth in a sinister analysis of Harvard indifference...
...best possible use of the smallest contribution. One dollar is a small initiation fee for such a society; even with war taxes on railroad fares and Pullman seats to be paid today there is not a man in the University who should not be a member by tonight. Let it be said once more that the University has done more than its allotted share...
...Let us suppose that we must read it--after the poem at the start. The second entry is something that someone wrote, but was either too tired or too wise to sign, called "On the Job." It concerns "Camp Devens" and a game of "bridge whist" and "barracks"--with all such intimate local color...
...effort to turn sports to direct advantage in military preparation is to be encouraged, for then increased practice in necessary tasks of war accompanies better physical development. Many grenadiers in many universities can now be developed to a high point of efficiency through the adoption of this new plan. Let competitions of this sort not stop here, however, but include all others in which it is especially necessary for a soldier to be experienced. Wall-scaling, rescue races and bayonet contest should be held also. the spirit of track rivalry may well take on a more direct military value...
...some of us wonder why so many war-charity campaigns have been carried on among Harvard students, let us remember that these campaigns are national affairs and that Harvard is a part of this nation. The University has its share of work to do in every appeal made to the American public, and we shall expect to be called upon so long as we remain a national institution. If we are able to give, the appeal should be made; if we are able to give, the appeal will not be made in vain...