Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...University has always taken pride in the work of its Social Service Bureau. The department has gone about its work in a sound and business-like manner, as far removed as possible from the ordinary type of "drawing room" charity. The offer of the Appointment Office to investigate, upon request, the work of men in this field, with a view to determining their increased efficiency as teachers, in recommending them for positions, comes as an admission of the thoroughness of their work. It should prove an added inducement to men entering this field. They can now feel that they...
...arrived in this country. They spoke before a large audience in Tremont Temple on Wednesday night. They are planning to give a series of lectures in various parts of the country, to interest Americans in the cause of Ireland, and to raise money to aid in the betterment of social conditions in Ireland. Their tour will probably extend to the Pacific Coast, where they have been invited to the Panama-Pacific Exposition...
Lord and Lady Aberdeen are now in Boston, having recently arrived in this country. They are commencing a series of lectures to be given in various parts of the country, to interest Americans in the Irish cause and raise money to aid in the betterment of social conditions in Ireland. Their tour will probably extend to the Pacific coast, where they have been invited to the Panama-Pacific Exposition...
...time of such political and social commotion as the present, Professor Bliss Perry's book on Carlyle, the great social preacher, is especially timely. Carlyle's peculiar style has thrown up a barrier, increasing in formidableness as time passes, to discourage the hasty reader. And, as Professor Perry remarks, the modern reader is content with picked-up ideas and "facile guesses" regarding the personality of this great Victorian figure. The real flexibility of Carlyle's use of language, "the rich accent of Annandale," is concealed for many by his vagaries and eccentricities. Moreover, the violence and unpersuasiveness of his method...
Although in some specific ways Carlyle proved a remarkable phophet, his fundamental ideas have not won their way, particularly in America. His hero-theory and his opposition to democracy have fallen before the trend of the times. Nevertheless, his books still posses a fund of social and spiritual energy which well repays the modern student. Professor Perry indicates the approach to that source of energy. To those who have taken Professor Perry's course on Carlyle, the book is a welcome crystallization of the spirit of that study. To those unacquainted with Carlyle it should prove an alluring introduction...