Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...plan proposed by the directors is thought to combine a fair measure of consideration for the club tables and their social life with the justice which is due to the general tables. It is not intended to be permanent, but is adopted as a choice between two evils which, it is hoped, are only temporary. The step taken is in the direction of that highly desirable equality which shall prove consistent with social life and satisfactory accommodations. The change to this condition, while it can be readily made from the plan of the directors, would be, if not impossible...
...excellent stand, paying especial attention to the classics and to history. At graduation he received honorable mention in Greek and in history, and among the commencement parts was assigned a disquisition. Howe led a thoroughly quiet, studious life at Cambridge and on that account was never prominent in a social way, but he was greatly beloved by his friends, of whom he had many in his class at Exeter and at Harvard...
...were not free agents, he said, it would be unnecessary to ask how we should choose and regulate our path in life. But we are not automatons and must work out our own destiny. In our work as students, in our social life and amusements we often magnify unimportant things and leave unnoticed the more important. It is so in religious life. We often emphasize faith in our religion and neglect works. The most discouraging part of the controversies on church questions is the magnifying of unessential things. If we would observe the true proportion of things as their natural...
...special feature of the session will be the attention given to the Labor Question and allied subjects in each of the Departments. In the Department of Economics the relation of Economics to Social Progress will be discussed by leading economists from different universities. In the Departments of Ethics and History of Religion various phases of the Labor Problem in the past and present will be considered by a large corps of able lecturers...
There will be an important Conference of Educators and Teachers, during the week August 5 to 11, inclusive. The relation of various forms of educational activity to ethical and social progress will be considered by leading educators and opportunity will be afforded for free and full discussion...