Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...social service work done by Harvard men in the city of Cambridge forms an important relation between the University and the town, but one which receives comparatively small recognition. Particularly significant in this respect is the educational work carried on among the Lithuanians, Letts and Poles by the Y. M. C. A. Of the 105,000 inhabitants of Cambridge, 10,000, or about ten percent., are foreign speaking, and many more are foreign with American sympathies. Politically they present a very grave problem to the city with which it is impossible to cope before these people can at least speak...
...itself deserve the recognition that its discussion necessitates. Athletics are, in their very nature an influence for democracy in the University, and for that very reason the cropping up of the suggestion of a clique there was unexpected. Harvard College is a democratic community in the mass of its social customs and traditions. Nothing proves this better than the prompt objection to the case in question by the University crew management...
...first regular weekly meeting of the St. Paul's Society was held in the Noble Room of Phillips Brooks House last evening at 7 o'clock. The service was conducted by the Rev. F. C. Lauderburn of St. Stephens Church, Boston. Mr. Lauderburn has had wide experience in social service work in both New York and Boston...
...subject of Mr. Lauderburn's talk was "Social Service." After speaking of the intimate connection which has long existed between St. Stephen's Church and Harvard, he explained the reason for the college man's influence in social work. The college man wants a hard job; the tougher the problem that presents itself the more likelihood there is of getting an undergraduate to help. St. Stephen's attempts to do a large work in one of the hardest districts of Boston. If it is successful at all it is because the work is difficult and because it draws forth...
...Social Service is perhaps characterized by the word "and." The more there is done, the more there is still to do. Two necessary virtues for the social servant are love and faith--faith in himself and in humanity; but perhaps more necessary than either of these is the virtue of hope. Love and faith will both sometimes fail. Hope, the will to look forward to brighter things, still remains...