Word: self
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Columbia Park Boys' Club is an organization unique among boys' clubs. Starting from the humble beginning of a settlement house club, it has risen to a place of distinction among boys' clubs, and to a stage where it is entirely self-supporting through the clever entertainments which its members have perfected. The members of the club wear uniforms and each plays a particular part in its efficient organization. In previous years the club has taken transcontinental tours similar to the trip it is making this year...
...tries rhythmically to lift a weight by flexing a finger. The subject bends his finger and pulls, till his finger will bend and pull no more; then the experimenter encourages him by suddenly crying in his ear: "Pull! Pull!" And lo and behold, in the fire of his aroused self, the subject can and does pull! All of which serves to illustrate the importance of mass meetings before, and a wild cheering section during, a game. Enthusiasm can "egg on" a strong fighting team to work wonders. Pennsylvanian...
True to its announcement, "Step This Way," now running at the Majestic Theatre, has again brought Lew Fields, his very self, to the Hub of the Universe. We should have been delighted with this years ago, and we may well be now, for a few years have done nothing to the power of this able comedian, and he appears as remarkably funny as ever. One secret of Lew Field's perennial success seems to be the fact that he always enjoys himself so much, and his merriment proves more than contagious...
...encourage or sanction even the Volunteer Regiment was to be repeated in a similar unwillingness now to co-operate with the War Department in a patriotic work of great importance. Last year the Volunteer Regiment succeeded in spite of academic indifference and discouragement through the enthusiasm and the self-sacrifice of the student body. It would seem as if it were now time for the graduates to make every effort and use every influence to see that this more important and vital measure does not die of similar inanition on the part of the University, and to insure the immediate...
...library books is to find margins and type itself covered with humorous inscriptions. There seems to be a species of inexpensive humor which delights in ornamenting books that other men must use. Perhaps these significant underlinings, obliterations and witty marginal notes are put down in a spirit of self-exploitation. If so, the budding jokers would serve their own ends better by accompanying each brilliant jest with their signature...