Word: minding
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Student Council, the official hush dope society of the University, has once more set a time for all good men to come to the aid of the haberdashers. That day is tomorrow and if the weather be fair, the noble Council has decreed that any undergraduate of sure mind may take upon himself a glittering helmet of straw. Although, theoretically speaking, this is what might be coarsely bermed rushing the season the Council believes that there is no time like the present, especially when Kelleys of straw are concerned...
...Fund is still slowly growing as the overdue pledges are gradually being paid up. At present out of $14,246 pledged, $9,322.29 has been paid. Of this sum, the Freshman contribution is $2,050.25, out of a total pledge of $4,-176. However, it must be borne in mind that the year is very near its close, and as the committee wishes to turn in as much as possible before June, all those men, and particularly the Freshmen, who are especially remiss, are urged to send in their checks at once...
...well-formed, middlesized trees, probably elms, which have already been offered--one by a class, one by a Harvard club, and others by individuals. The alumni have shown every disposition to be liberal in this matter; but in the enthusiasm of giving, it should be borne clearly in mind that there is a more enduring need of money for care, food and protection, to ensure the ultimate success of any plan adopted at this time...
...Parker. "Knowledge you get in college," he said, "is a very small part of what you will use in after life. "Knowledge will disappear sometime but wisdom will remain. Therefore, in choosing courses greater care should be given to the effect they will have on the quality of the mind rather than to the special training which they will afford...
...impression of the sanity of three remarkably fine speeches. It is just such times as these that call attention to the potential value to the country of milita training and the Military Camps for College men, of a sound knowledge of health and sanitation, and even of a trained mind...