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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first number of the Advocate is, on the whole, of real interest. The editorials are clear and sensible; and the remarks on the comparative failure of Harvard to develop an internal democratic spirit are worth the attention of the whole College. The two outstanding contributions are those of Professor Hack and Mr. R. C. Rand. In reality, they are complementary; for they both constitute a needed protest against that evasion of initiative which is regretably characteristic of the present era in the American college. On most of Mr. Lamont's effective plea for the Endowment Fund I am estopped from...
Many graduates and present members of the University registered as members of the Volunteer Police Force of the city and approximately two hundred and fifty undergraduates have been regularly enrolled to date, although a number have now been withdrawn...
...company, young, virile, successful, is growing rapidly. It now numbers several hundred employees. The ultimate number will approximate one thousand. We are seeking to build with high-grade material, men who can become an organic part of this great company. Your education and training, no matter along what lines it may have followed, can be utilized and speedily capitalized. No previous financial experience is necessary. A week or ten days should suffice to start you upon a satisfactory earning basis...
...Class Day number of the Harvard Advocate peculiarly interesting as an index of the reaction of a group of representative undergraduates to the force now stirring the world. In this number the present widespread social and political unrest is ascribed to various causes, among which Mr. Colby '21 emphasizes the dearth of old fashioned orthodox religion. He sees possibilities of license in the present opportunities for liberty of speech and opinions in this country, and points out the dangers we face through lack of some central autocratic fear-inspiring authority...
...training. Mr. LaVarre's tale of the night with the Bovianders is rich in local color, and resounds with the beating of barbaric drums, is redolent of gin, and in its portrayal of a quaint marriage ceremony is excellently conceived. By far the best work in the entire number is Mr. Spaulding's "Fancy." This is evidently the work of a man with no mean literary talent. Next year under the stimulus of competition from the Harvard Magazine, combined with the more liberal policy which Mr. Garrison is expected to inaugurate, and contributions from men of such promise...