Word: spirit
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...traced primarily to the influx of too many needy and incompetent Southern European immigrants are among the serious social evils, brought about by this congestive tendency. The growth of the padrone system, founded upon the dependence, not the indepennence, of the individual is far too threatening to the spirit of our institutions to be endured. In the sweating system we trace the relation of cause and effect between the great and increasing overflow of incompetent and undesirable immigration from Southeastern Europe and the rise and extension of our serious evils. The slums, the padrone system and the sweating system...
Before last year, when a Sophomore dinner was held for the first time in many years, the annual junior dinners while appreciated and distinctly worth while in increasing spirit of class fellowship, were always under a certain vague restraint due to an often unrealized formality on the part of men who felt constrained by the presence of members of their own class...
...Junior Dinner given last night at the Vendome proved even more successful than the Sophomore dinner last year. The reception committee, an experiment in the management of class dinners, was a great assistance in making the occasion an informal one. The attendance was exceptionally large and an enthusiastic class spirit prevailed throughout the evening...
...Farley, in response to the toast "The Class," made an earnest speech for continued class spirit. Later in the evening, at the request of the toast-master, Farley spoke about the Juniors who have enlisted. This speech was one which his class-mates will remember a long time. The only other speaker who alluded to the present war was H. F. Wolffe, captain of the newly organized '99 Company...
After the meeting a crowd of students headed by the drum corps marched to President Eliot's house. President Eliot made a short speech in which he expressed his approval of the spirit of the flag giving, and a hope that something might be presented to the "Harvard" which officers and men alike might appreciate. He counselled the students to act with certainty, moderation and resolution...