Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Foisie, F. P., civic and social work...
Most college graduates own or manage property to some extent,--to a far greater extent than the average of the community,--and therefore it is important for them to think clearly upon these subjects. For good or for evil our social system is based upon the private ownership of property; but property involves duties as well as privileges, and it is on the proper discharge of these that the ownership is morally if not practically conditioned. The first duty of the owner of property is to manage it himself so far as he can. So far as he cannot...
...band of young men going abroad to do God's work in the world it seems strange to speak on such a sordid theme as the care of property, let it be remembered that the social relations brought about by the new forms of property lie at the basis of most of the intricate problems of modern life, and that the straight path to a righteous solution of those problems lies in a sense of duty on the part of the possessor. It is the habit of the day to decry loudly the iniquity of others, to assume that...
...intervals between the prescribed excitement next week offer fortunate opportunity for a new social service. There will be a number of prospective members of the college in Cambridge taking the examinations for entrance, some of them men from the preparatory schools nearby and others from distant sections of the country. To both groups the stay in Cambridge will be a very significant event; and it will be well to make their visit a pleasant one. Men who know sub-freshmen should "show them the ropes" to some extent and not assume the ridiculously childish air of undergraduate psuedo-dignity which...
...cities of the country, and in many cases they have done more than furnish pleasant gathering places to college graduates. The University Club of Buffalo, however, is the first of these clubs that has come to our notice as advertising its desire to help graduates in the social and business worlds. Letters have been sent to the presidents of our universities and colleges requesting from them the names of young graduates whom they know to be about to go to Buffalo from their institutions. Nothing could be more agreeable to the young graduate than to be at once admitted...