Word: make
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...properly conducted and largely supported, are among the pleasantest features of a class's career. A pop-night undoubtedly has some advantages over a dinner,--chiefly in the avoidance of all publicity. Whichever way the preference lies, a pop-night was the choice, and it is for 1910 to make tonight's affair a big success...
...Sheldon '08; secretary, R. E. Rogers '09; treasurer, H. von Kaltenborn '09; executive committee, C. B. Wetherell '08, D. Carb '09, P. E. Illman '09, and W. G. Wendell '09. Nothing of importance will be done this spring, but the officers will draw up a constitution and make preparations for active work next fall...
...cardinal fault of American citizens is their lack of willingness to undertake political responsibility. In England we have a certain class who make it their business to be responsible. There is no class similar to this in America, and it is rightly so, for it is not too much to ask ordinary citizens to receive this responsibility and to take a vital interest in the welfare of the community. If a man cannot take active interest, it is his duty to see that good men go to the legislature and that the best type of man leads the politics...
...When, to use a detestable phrase, you go out into the battle of life you will be confronted by an organized conspiracy which will try to make you believe that the world is governed by the idea of wealth for wealth's sake, and that all means which lead to the acquisition of that wealth are, if not laudable, at least expedient. Those of you who have fitly imbibed the spirit of our university--and it was not a materialistic university which trained a scholar to take both the Graven and the Ireland in England--will violently resent that thought...
...adopted, providing for instance healthy, inspiring drama and opera at established municipal theatres rather than allowing certain managers to produce anything they wish to, as we see in Boston today. The opening of the school-houses on week days and Sundays for the purposes of ethical instruction would make a dynamic force for moral good equal to the combined influence of all the churches...