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...whole, and one which means more to the average citizen of greater Boston than all the educational brilliance of the College or its famous professors, is the inconspicuous, but vital work done by Phillips Brooks House. A great part of this work is made possible by an allotment to PBH from the Harvard Student Fund...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Service Fund | 10/27/1942 | See Source »

...head of the list of charities benefiting through the drive is Phillips Brooks House, through whose hands passes yearly most of the educational and philanthropic work of the student body in the community. The money from the Council will be used only for the running expenses of PBH...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Service Fund Plans Drive | 10/26/1942 | See Source »

...towards Mass. Hall, and then turned in between Hollis and Harvard. As he passed the doorway of Holden Chapel, with its white and black sign proclaiming the transformation to a "U.S. Navy Storeroom," he looked up to note half a dozen tots and their mamas mounting the steps of PBH. "These freshmen are really getting young," he commented to himself, in search of an inward chuckle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE VAGABOND | 10/21/1942 | See Source »

...self-termed "dry humor" turned into curiosity as he spotted another family group rounding the corner. He had not been in PBH for several months--not since the spring, in fact,--and refused to believe that the needy came directly to the red brick beehive for aid. An immediate investigation seemed in order. As he struggled with the heavy green outer doors, he muttered something about "why don't they oil these things," and staggered on through...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE VAGABOND | 10/21/1942 | See Source »

...conference room converted into a bridge parlor. Dozens of women were chatting and playing cards. Looking to his right, he saw the former general office room converted into a lounge. gone were the efficient desks. The days of youth conferences, with their headquarters in PBH seemed gone. Where the chairman of the speakers' committee, a German-class acquaintance of Vag's used to recruit students for discussions of foreign policy, controversies over the latest style hat now rage. Just then another mother entered with her child. "Pardon me, but could you tell me where you are going?" he asked...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE VAGABOND | 10/21/1942 | See Source »

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