Word: masses
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...authorities in charge of the Union have signified their cooperation by offering to print the songs and lend their rooms to the cause of mass singing at Harvard. The only way to prove that student singing in an open way is practical is to try it. There is a peculiar attraction to singing on masse which increases with time. Once started, the proposition will undeniably gather force. But to make this new enterprise a success strong leadership is requisite. Such a man as Doctor Davidson, were he able to devote his time to mass singing, would make it a very...
...half-hearted effort is made to turn men out for the Freshman Hall choruses, but the sense of compulsion and the feeling of systematized noise-making which is usually present in the choruses militates against appellation on of the songs or pleasure from sinning them. During the football mass meetings one kind of song is sung with enthusiasm; but the emphasis is then more on the noise making than on the singing, and the excitement of the occasion results in a frenzied demonstration of support for the team, rather than in an attempt to sing the College songs...
...sailed President and Mrs. Coolidge with Secretaries Mellon, Hoover, Publisher Frank E. Noyes (President of the Associated Press), Democrat Arthur P. Dennis (new member of the Tariff.Commission). Their ship went a little out to sea in preparation for a possible June cruise to the summer White House at Swampscott, Mass. ¶Mrs. Ethel Barrymore Colt paid an hour's call on Mrs. Coolidge, then chatted a bit with the President. ¶Mrs. Coolidge set to work on the $50,000 repairing of the White House. The Green Room has faded, must be done over. The elevator, plumbing, vacuum-cleaning system...
...chief speech: "Why don't women vote? What's wrong with the political parties? Why aren't there more women in the Legislature? Why aren't women more effective in politics?" These were her sombre, rhetorical questions. Her answer: "I wish Mrs. Hert and Mrs. Blair would call a mass meeting to find out. . . . The old National American Suffrage Association will pay one-third of the expenses." Her other points...
Through the cooperation of the professional social workers who spoke at that meeting, a quantity of expert advice, invaluable to a proper understanding of the situation, was added to the accumulated mass of student suggestions. The committee from this gathering of authoritative opinion will have less difficulty in formulating concrete plans for next season's work...