Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Last evening, Miss Ashely gave a very enjoyable social to the class of '88. The juveniles are reported to have danced and even played cards. Of course, the chaperons kept the youthful flow of spirits within proper bounds. One anxious mother sent the family dog with her son for protection. One of the freshmen picked up sufficient courage to accompany a young lady to the social, but when it came time to go home he excused himself on account of the storm. -[Chronicle...
...Harvard students look forward with anticipation to the Index. In it they find a record of the real student life of the college;-the rolls of the social clubs; the record of the university teams. Here the freshman proudly finds his name printed among the members of the Canoe Club, or Harvard Union, and promptly sends home a copy marked in red ink. It is but natural, then, that the appearance of this important work should be awaited with interest, and that, when it is issued, it should be carefully scrutinized and sharply criticised if found to fall below...
...correspondent's suggestions as to a method of selecting a representative student committee are not without merit. If this committee were to be composed, for example, of the presidents of our numerous social, athletic, and literary bodies, it could hardly be said that any phase of student life was neglected in the choice, and the actions of such a body would meet with the approval of the undergraduates. In regard to the last suggestion contained in the communication, we would say that it has always been a matter of surprise to us that the faculty has so completely ignored...
Prof. Thompson took as the subject of his third lecture on Protection last evening. The relation of the tariff to the working men's interests. Educated men lack sympathy with the laboring classes. Trades Unions and strikes are unconditionally condemned by them. But we should not forget that the social classes owe something to each other. Protection is the expression of national interest in the laborer. The condition of this class did not begin to improve until Protection became our policy, contrary to general belief. Farm laborers received at the most $5 per month, boys $1. The farmers could...
Professor Sumner's little work, "Social Classes," has been translated into French under the title, "Des Devoirs respectifs des Classes de la Societe...