Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...necessary that the student take himself away from Cambridge and wash from him completely the dust of every day. He needs to forget temporarily the grind of study and the whirl of his petty activities among family surroundings, in the luxury of plum pudding debauches, and playing the social lion in his home town...
...real interests of the majority we should never see corrupt and inefficient public officials, bad laws, and bad governments and disastrous policies. And if the vote were always the true recording of the individual's real interest, parties would be made up entirely of classes; and single groups, social economic and political, would always vote as units since their interests would be individual. However, there hardly seems to exist at present any such unanimity as to what to constitute the real interests of the majority of classes. The platforms and constituency of the great political parties are testimony to this...
...MacDowell Fellowship of $600, offered by the MacDowell Club of New York for the best original play submitted in the yearly competition, has been awarded this year to Miss Rachel Barton Butler, of Cincinnati, Ohio. The prize play is a light social comedy of manners in three acts entitled "Prudence in Particular." This play is practically sure to be produced by the Workshop later in the year. Professor G. P. Baker '87 judged the competition...
...University who are willing to do social service work should apply to the social service secretary in Phillips Brooks House this morning and any morning between 8 and 11 o'clock. There are more than 100 positions vacant as leaders of boys' clubs in the settlements of Greater Boston. Those who can coach athletic teams, supervise club athletics, and instruct foreigners are especially needed. Last year about 400 students of the University were engaged in various phases of this most interesting work, and these positions are now being filled for the current year...
...Appointment Office. Although such work cannot be regarded as a preparation for teaching, it may yield evidence as to fitness for leadership. The Appointment Office will, therefore, investigate on request the work of those volunteers who register for appointments. Arrangements for such volunteer service may be made through the Social Service Secretary at Phillips Brooks House, but requests for investigation should be made in person to the Harvard Appointment Office before the work is undertaken...