Word: problems
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Whether we wish to vote for the President on November 7 or for ex-Justice Hughes is a problem for our private judgment; we shall act according to our lights and not, we hope, according to our traditional or unexamined predilections. But whatever be our political opinions, there is one point on which as thinking and loyal citizens we can enthusiastically unite. It is in an attempt to secure the privilege for ourselves and future generations of college students of voting in presidential elections, without regard to the invidious question of whether or not we are entirely self-supporting...
Professor Ripley recently gave good advice when he urged men to attend the Sunday labor meetings in Faneuil Hall. College students are at the time of life when they need to become acquainted with every sort of problem in a broad, humanitarian way, without the prejudice of later years. Not only the problems of labor, but the financial, religious and diplomatic interest of the world need a first hand exploration which cannot be obtained inside the walls of a college...
...ever-growing Freshman Classes raise afresh each year the problem of the new men getting acquainted. This goes farther than the casual "hello," for a real acquaintance with one's class means an intimate friendship with a small number and a psychological understanding of many more. As in all large colleges cliques will appear after the first year. Therefore every possible aid towards unifying the spirit of the class must be considered during the Freshman year...
...purpose of bringing a large number of men together. In fact the Common Rooms are the logical places for Freshmen to gather and enjoy the companionship of their classmates. The right and full use of these obvious aids to class unity will simplify for the Freshmen the problem of becoming acquainted with their classmates...
...they do not unite in one head the combination of two indispensible elements. It is therefore necessary to arrange our educational courses so as to combine the two--in other words, to find a third type of man in whom such knowledge will be united. The solution of the problem is not easy, but it is more than ever necessary that at the present time such a new type should be evolved and developed. Boston Journal