Word: students
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...truth, however, less firmly impressed upon the mind of the average student is that in costume he must be as Britannic as possible. The statement that a decent coat cannot be cut out of London frequently produces an excellent effect; the exhibition of a large number of samples, chiefly of bright paid patterns, makes a deep impression upon the outer world. The idea that a garment has crossed the ocean gives it a prestige not attainable by other means; and, in speaking of one's winter wardrobe, it is much better, to say "I'm going to send a line...
...evening, the student loses his scholastic character in that of a man of the world. All he need do is to dress like everybody else; but it may perhaps be worth while to remark that a man who carries an opera hat lined with anything but black might properly be termed a howling cad or a graduate of the sister University mentioned before...
...prominent in various spheres of activity in the College. Through treatment of the subject by competent speakers and discussion with the general body of men present at the meeting, the P. B. H. Cabinet hopes to explain its aims clearly and to arrive at a fuller understanding of the student attitude toward...
...query the answer must be affirmative. Phillips Brooks House has had its unique place in Harvard's existence for many years, and in general there can be no doubt that it has done well. Merely in serving as a clearing house between the numerous extra-University groups calling for student aid, and the numerous students who find tangible satisfaction in altruism or often in material training, Phillips Brooks House becomes an integral part of Harvard; and this activity is but a minute part of the web of organization interests. Freshman Week, the Loan Library, work in the Graduate Schools...
...distinctly not religious; and in the belief that P. B. H. is fundamentally religious, and therefore slightly emasculated, lies much of the innate indifference of the under graduate toward it. The conference will show that the organization is one with the flabby efforts of misguided philanthropy, which the new student has generally met. When this misconception is out of the way, the ground will be clear for more fertile plans of active work...