Word: old
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...old College, far beyond this Field...
...bettering of Phillips Brooks House and in the cause of the Y. M. C. A., we are again reminded that riches are but temporary. This time it is the Bursar who calls for $50 by night-time,--penalty for non-payment, no more relations with the University. Old clothes, furniture and the other essentials of a happy existence all must be pawned to appease the all-powerful Bursar. By this time we are supposed to have bought fifty-dollars worth of knowledge from the University and if we desire more culture we must pay for it. So says Terry...
...staff we see an endeavor for more efficient co-operation. While labor tends to eliminate its striking habits, and the new draftees, their awkwardness, we perceive the United States getting ever stronger. Even the most energetic pessimist, lately at the height of his powers, suffers a serious repulse. His old standby, the submarine campaign, will soon be useless. His discomfort and lack of subjects prevent our hearing how bad conditions are. Although the warnings of a true pessimist may spur us on to more vigorous action, yet they tend to bring comfort to our enemies. Too much optimism, however...
...canvassing the various dormitories and houses will make their last call at the different rooms during the day, and tomorrow a wagon will call at all the dormitories for the articles gathered up. The clothes taken up in this way will be sent to various charitable institutions, while any old text books received will be turned over to the Phillips Brooks House Loan Library...
...been apparent, however, since the days of Valley Forge that no military program could be pushed through by enthusiasm alone. The University learned the lesson in the old days of the first Harvard Regiment; the Iron Battalion of last summer was another cruel demonstration of the same truth. Although the Corps is not yet in great need of the heavy threat of probation to preserve discipline, it is better that the rigid system be now put into force before the efficiency of the-Corps suffers by the slackness of a few eccentric members...