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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...drives will occur even in the most admirably regulated colleges. We have heard a report for example that there is even now being carried on a campaign to secure a subscription of one dollar apiece from the members of the University, which will be used as Harvard's contribution to the Louvain Library. After a week of canvassing about ten percent, we believe, of the 100 percent enrollment has been procured. Of course it is true this Louvain Library is generally regarded as an estimable project and that most American colleges have already rather freely contributed to it. Yet, when...
...Service at its best exists in England where government positions are highly honorable offices and men are trained to the work which is recognized as a regular path to the peerage. Such a system is apparently perfectly workable there and is subject to none of the political shifts which occur. Granting that unfinished plans often look poorly in print, a return to the spoils system to avoid tale-bearing seems like cutting off the nose to spite the face...
...Health Department of a given city--does it do good work? How are the voters to know if the hundred-odd cases of typhoid fever that occur in the city should all be laid as a heavy responsibility on the culpable shoulders of the members of the Board of Health, or if the success of these gentlemen in keeping the number down to such a low figure as one hundred entitles them to the gratitude of the whole body of citizens. Is the infant mortality in the city very low as a result of the conscientious and progressive work...
...meeting of the Executive Committee of the Student Council Thursday evening, it was decided to have the president of the CRIMSON keep a book containing the dates of all important college events in order to avoid the danger of having important games and meetings occur on the same day. The committee also appointed cheer leaders for welcoming visiting teams and took action on several questions involving the interest of the college...
...Government." Mr. Rotch went on to enumerate the many other services which the Red Cross took into its hands. In finishing he said that "aside from its other duties, the Red Cross is recognized as the agency equipped and ready to meet any great disasters that may occur...