Word: sociality
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...function of service to Harvard which will not be affected by a centralization of control within the walls of the House. Beyond these opportunities to aid the College, there is a definite task awaiting the workers of the House in the city of Cambridge, a genuine need of social work that may be met in part by such college men as care to offer themselves. The confining of the direction of Brooks House policy to officers selected from among men of experience in the work, instead of from a body of undergraduates of no qualifications except success in other fields...
...double service will continue: to Harvard University in general, of offering an information bureau and a clearing house for rooms, and providing meeting places for groups which otherwise would have nowhere to go; to Harvard men of certain inclinations, of opening up fields of social work of undoubted value to the right men. The new policy adopted by the P. B. H. cabinet indicates recognition of limits, which have long been appreciated by observers. In their prompt action on this recognition, the cabinet has been wise...
...following is the list of speakers and their topics: "The European Economic Situation," Dr. A. W. Gilbert, State Commissioner of Agriculture; "Public International Unions," Dr. J. F. Siy Ph.D. '26 Lecturer on Government, Harvard University; "Social and Humanitarian Work of the League of Nations," Dr. R. C. Dexter, American Unitarian Association; "The World Court," Dr. W. Y. Elliott, Professor of Government, Harvard University; "The National Minority Problem in Europe," Dr. M. W. Royse, Instructor in Government, Harvard University; "Economic Conferences," R. W. Boyden, formerly official delegate of the United States to the Reparations. Commission; "Foreign Service of the United States...
Perhaps the chief objection which has been raised against the Dance, from certain quarters at least, is in regard to social considerations. It is said that the constituency of the Junior Prom is not representative of the Harvard undergraduate body. I beg to take issue with this statement. Out of necessity I attended the Dance last year, and am convinced that the proportion of various social groups at the function is in general the same as that between the same groups in the greater body of the College. Unfortunately, however, with the reduced numbers, the total of the undergraduates...
...word, then, the general atmosphere is such that a relatively large number of those who have not yet been leveled socially by the proposed benefits of the new House plan, is tending more and more to regret its invitations to the Junior Dance. Add this to the financial embarrassment with which all Dance Committees are faced, and the further fact that social fare palatable to the most diverse tastes is rather abundant, and the reason for attempting to sustain the breath of life in a superannuated whiff from the gay nineties seems to be ill founded. (Name withheld by request...