Word: sociality
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Sole Aim Social...
...object of the 'House' plan is not scholastic in the educational sense, it is not athletic, it is social. That is to say, the aim is to create a society. What is a society? The dictionary tells us 'it is composed of persons united by the common bond of neighborhood and intercourse and recognizing one another as associates, friends, and acquaintances.' The one and only object of the 'House' plan is to create societies exactly under this definition...
...taste and his purse. He takes no interest in his room because he feels that he will presently leave it. He is an irresponsible boarder as far as the dormitory is concerned. A certain portion of the students, perhaps ten or fifteen per cent., are members of small social clubs...
...large proportion of the others are socially adrift. There is no intention that the new 'Houses' should be hostile to these clubs, but it is evident that the contacts which a club supplies are far too limited for a widening effect upon the members, and it is equally evident that the majority of men who do not belong to any club are not less in need of a more coordinating social organization than Harvard College offers them today...
...House Plan will, of course, have a considerable effect on the upperclassmen's use of the Union. Dining halls in each House will take away for the undergraduate the importance of the Union's Dining Room; common rooms may supplant somewhat the social functions of the Living Room, the Reading Rooms, the Recreation Rooms. Still, there are quantities of men in the University unaffected by the House Plan. For the graduate students uncared for in dormitory dining halls, the Union is a sufficient substitute. For commuters, the Union offers its lounges and Dining Room. For the unHoused, who will, especially...