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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Thayer's "Essay on Man" is a courageous attempt to do a difficult and dangerous thing. For the scope of the paper is almost as wide as the title suggests, and it is hard to write something new about "Man" in two columns and a half. When an essayist begins by saying, "There are men who say the commonplace in a commonplace manner," he sets a great temptation before the reviewer--a temptation which the present reviewer with difficulty resists. When Mr. Thayer next classifies men according to their ways of expressing themselves, he ought to find a place...
...recognition of the force of his teaching power and the depth of his scholarship, Princeton University conferred yesterday on Professor George Herbert Palmer the honorary degree of Doctor of Humanities. In presenting the degree to Professor Palmer, Dean West paid a glowing tribute to the scope of his accomplishments and the permanent influence of his work. Professor Palmer, he said, combines the qualities of a great teacher and a powerful thinker; is a literary artist of high distinction and "a philosopher of original sense with a tranquil enthusiasm for truth." Such a tribute to our esteemed professor arouses a sense...
...Plan of Large Scope...
...scope of the plan is large. It aims to collect all the material possible, books, pamphlets, newspapers, reports of societies or railroads or other business concerns, and manuscript material whether letters, old accounts or business reports. Such collections would not only exploit the development of the West, but also make it possible to trace out more exactly and comprehensively the many ways in which the East has participated in the building up of the West...
...very significant, not only by the fact that a greater number of men have carried on Social Service work with a higher degree of efficiency than in any other previous year, but also by the fact that Harvard is considerably in advance of other colleges in the efficiency and scope of its Social Service work. Cornell has only five men engaged in Boys' Club work, but this small number is sufficient to cope with the needs of a small town like Ithaca. One hundred men take part in settlement work at Pennsylvania. Princeton has ninety men in social service work...