Word: talking
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Scout headquarters at Phillips Brooks House are open daily from 4 to 6 o'clock. Between those hours Mr. W. E. Smith '03, assistant Boy Scout commissioner of Cambridge, will be glad to talk with any members of the University who are interested in scouting. At the present time there is an ever-increasing demand for scout masters and assistants, offering a great opportunity to members of the University who desire to do social service work of this kind. A series of informal talks in Phillips Brooks House is being planned for those who are thinking of taking...
...will attend a dinner at the Congress Hotel to which 76 leaders of industry, commerce and finance have been invited "to consider a program for a permanent league of nations to become effective at the closer of the present war." He will be the principle speaker and will talk about the work of the League to Enforce Peace...
...friendly talk with Mr. Brett, president of the publishing company, after I had been apprised of the action, he admitted that 'persons of such importance and authority' that he could not disregard their complaints had handed in type-written lists of inaccuracies and compelled the suppression of the book. He said that many other complaints had been received, but when I asked him what their nature was he admitted that he had not looked into the matter personally. He was also unable to say who the 'important persons' were, or to whom the book had since been referred...
...talk a great deal about our prosperity. The well-to-do have become wealthy; the wealthy have become opulent, yet "the poor are always with us." Moreover, their poverty is no whit lessened by the prosperity of those who have so much. What satisfaction may they draw from this season, if its sole meaning is one of abundance...
Dean Briggs and Dr. R. I. Lee '02 will represent the University. The former president of the association will deliver the opening address and Dr. Lee will give a talk on "The Life of Harvard Oarsmen...