Word: popularization
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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While in College Meeker was active in undergraduate affairs and one of the most popular men in his class. He was Managing Editor and later President of the CRIMSON, and was on the staff of the Advocate. He was a member of the Student Council, of the 1917 Class Day Committee, and belonged to the following clubs: Dramatic Club, Harvard Republican Club, Fly Club, Iroquois Club, the Signet, the Stylus and the Hasty Pudding...
...seriousness of the hockey situation, the CRIMSON has decided to launch a seven on the Charles. As usual, Lampy will mann the opposite side of the rink, but no opposition is expected, as both teams are up to their usual standards. Hockey at Cambridge has not been as popular as in former years, and this exhibition game is for the special purpose of reviving interest in the sport. The Arena capacity has been found insufficient, and the H. A. A. has kindly given up the Stadium for this cause...
...heavy popular and soldier majority against conscription in Australia contrasts strangely with America's ready acceptance of the principle, and the resolve in the same direction lately taken by Canada. Why should Australia, a more purely British country than Great Britain herself, stand out against the universal obligation to serve the cause of world liberty when America and Canada accept...
...second floor, the library will be reopened. This department of the Union has proved very popular in past years, since in proportion to the number of books, more students have used this library than Widener itself. In addition to files of current periodicals and of all publications connected with the University, the Union library furnishes many text books, reference, and reading books used in various courses, and a large collection of standard literature...
What seems of good promise in such a decision as this is not merely its wisdom as a war time measure, but also the responsiveness which it indicates even to a popular need that appears rather late in the day. Colleges have never been obtuse to such necessities, but of ten enough academic red tape has unhealthily restricted what should be the flexibility of collegiate administration, saving a proper measure of firmness and dignity. After all, an academy's calendar is not sacrosanct. Boston Transcript...