Word: move
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Against Germany as, carefully gathered and tenderly compiled by M. A. De Wolfe Howe '88, they appear from time to time. There can be no question here of "market" or "popularity". In its very subject the work justifies its existence. The composite subject is one to move us deeply whether or no we be of Harvard's sons. It is a tale of adventure, a tale of heroism, suffering, of death, dingy, in unlit corners or flaming gorgeously in battle. It is a story of human beings who were tested by the fires, but more, it tells of bright youth...
There are often valuable pieces of information which can only be obtained by deceiving and spying on our friends; such information it is better to go without unless we can obtain it openly and above-board. "We live and move and have our being through confidence", declared Dr. Cabot; "confidence in each other and in inanimate things. "Therefore nothing can strike more fundamentally at the root of things than anything that attempts to break fore nothing can strike more fundamentally at the root of things than any thing that attempts to break down confidence...
...intend to move furniture must signify to that effect before Thursday at 1 o'clock by communicating with D. T. Bush '23 at Randolph 54. The furniture must be securely tagged or clearly marked with the name of the owner, his room, and box letter. All such furniture must be in the hallway on the ground floor at the time stated in the schedule, and man representing the box in which the furniture will go, must be on hand to accompany it to the Union. Unless these conditions are fulfilled furniture will not be moved. Th committee further advised that...
...then news comes from the educational stockade which cheers us with the certainty that the world does move. What excites us at the moment is the report that a certain poet and scholar of our acquaintance has made a choice which if we were engineers we should calculate in the foot-pounds of inertia overcome--that is, if we were competent at dealing with large figures. This poet and scholar has long had the fate to be efficient in university administration: he could make one pink card do what two blue cards had done before; he could chart the careers...
Back of this reform is a motive of deep significance; a move toward truth in advertising. One can sell an article by loud-mouthed shouting after the fashion of a side-show barker, or by an honest effort to set the facts before the purchaser. The same movement is seen in the newspapers which strive first of all for an impartial presenting of events--facts alone--in the news columns. Some periodicals have carried this reform to the advertising pages; they investigate the truth of what they publish. And why not? The day has come when one looks askance...