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...monograph; then some 'chore' would turn up, which others might regard as a burden to get rid of, but in which he would discern an opportunity for important service,-and the book or article would be set aside, and the job that was immediately necessary performed in its stead. Harvard was invariably the gainer by his self-sacrifice. No university can go on without the sort of devotion that he gave. It is only too rarely that such devotedness can be found...
...universities after being deserted by the students were turned into officers training schools and remained barracks until three weeks ago. A change is setting in those institutions. The old sporting frivolousness is being replaced by earnest endeavor. I think the classics will dwindle and in their stead practical studies such as sociology, political economy, will be sought by these boys who have been in touch with the realities of life. Those officers who have been lucky enough to escape destruction with serious gravity bitten into their character, when they return to their studies will act as a leaven among...
...program for the day has been announced as follows. Dr. Albert Parker Fitch '00, who was expected to conduct the Senior Class Chapel Services, is sailing for France this week, and Professor Edward Caldwell Moore has consented to act in his stead...
...days of the college exodus to Princeton are no more; the war has made intercollegiate games merely an incident in the curriculum of a college year in the stead of an important event for which the entire undergraduate body used to plan many weeks in advance. The last time the college went to Princeton in any numbers was in the fall of 1915 to watch Mahan's team give the Palmer Stadium its baptism of Harvard football. Five hundred undergraduates filled the flagship of the Fall River Fleet for one sleepless night and then enjoyed the Great White...
...subscribing more heavily than ever. There is no reason why you, by pledging some of your possible future pleasures, can not all help to carry this loan 'over the top' to the greatest success, and, incidentally, establish a principle of saving that will stand all of you in good stead at all times in the future...