Word: self
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...every part of the civilized world inevitably bears some share of the loss. This is the more true the larger the war. The waste and dislocation are certain to bring in the belligerent countries a depression of business that will go round the world. The self-interest of all nations, therefore, as well as the cause of humanity, ought to make every country desire peace among others as well as for itself. This is universally admitted by our people today. It is accepted as an axiom; but the means to the end are uncertain. We have been fascinated...
This spirit is by no means surprising, especially when it is remembered that in many of the western universities there is almost complete self-government. But Harvard is by no means ready for so radical a change. Such a system can be successful only when the student body actually feels the need of it. It cannot be brought about as the result of an edict from University 4. Present tendencies are, however, in the direction of increasing participation by undergraduates in the councils of the University...
...Wisdom of compulsory chapel is debatable. To require that every undergraduate be present at the morning services in Appleton Chapel would be directly contrary to all the principles of freedom and self-responsibility commonly associated with the name of the University; but liberal as that policy is, an arrangement would be desirable whereby more members of the University could be induced to attend...
...there will be no general disagreement. Mr. Heffenger's thoughtful sonnet "Success" is simply but unpoetically expressed. One is less certain of Mr. Rogers' ideas in the long poem "Death"--a large subject--pent in a rather exacting rhyme scheme. If the author had been less vague and more self-disciplined, it might have been easier to share his vision. Mr. Leffingwell's two poems, especially "Mt. Auburn at Dawn," show a lyric talent reminiscent of Noyes. But the best poem, and the best piece in this issue, is "Fog in the City" by Mr. B. P. Clark...
...Buzfuz, Charles Dickens Abraham Lincoln Lorenz '16. "The Man with the Hoe," Edwin Markham Louis Rubin '16. "Abraham Lincoln," Henry Watterson Andrew Johnson Richard Helmus '16. Maitre Raymond Floriot's Address to the Jury in Defence of his Mother, from "Madame X," Alexandre Bisson Sidney Burton Pfeifer '16. In Self-Defence, Robert Emmet Benjamin Woronoff '15. In Defence of his Son, Victor Hugo Evan Howell Foreman '16. "The Spell of the Yukon," Robert W. Service Henry Epstein '16. Mark Antony's Oration, Shakspere Sylvan Lehmayer, Jr., '16. "The Duel," from "Clive," Robert Browning Bryant King Vann...