Word: self
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Take a belief in your destiny, borrow a dress suit, astonish a social gathering to which you had no invitation with your brilliancy, and your fortune is made. This is the philosophy of John Paul Bart, tailor's presser, self-made man, who in four short acts raises himself from nothing to the pinnacle of power...
Beginning a little pertly, Bart carries off his difficult part with great sureness, with no unnecessary words, with, in short, that something which has made the self-made man. He delighted the audience just as much as his associates who, both men and women, fell in love with him after a few minutes' acquaintance...
Through them the college man seeks to express himself. As a self-respecting individual he shuns the thought of a watchful guiding hand, under which his own theories might lose their identity. He is trying to work out college problems and solve them to the best of his ability. Naturally he resents interference, as he wants his paper to represent his own thoughts, unslashed by the blue pencil of a professional censor...
...Memorial and the Freshman Dining Halls, who have formed a company, are voluntarily giving a far greater proportion of their free hours to similar instruction. The existence of this company is a splendid and inspiring tribute to a class whose interests are usually considered to be narrow and self-centered. Every now and then some little incident in this busy world carries more significance than just ordinary events because of a peculiar combination of circumstances. Harvard should feel proud of being the only college that has a military unit organized and officered solely by Negroes. Although the majority...
...rare among the youth of this country. To this defect in their education may be traced much of the inefficiency and lack of method which too often characterize them in manhood. Our American youth stand in imperative need of military training, which alone may inculcate lessons of obedience, self-control, discipline, initiative and efficiency in teamwork...