Word: tasks
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...collection of 165 poems that Mr. Henry T. Schnittkind presents after culling over the "several thousand" that were submitted to him by the poets of "several hundred colleges"! One can have nothing but admiration for the patience and industry of an editor who has performed so stupefying a task; also, one can only marvel at the enthusiasm that has survived the pains and that has expressed itself in an exuberant introduction. "I accept as genuine every poem in which the author sincerely and reverently calls out through the night and finds an echo of gladness and recognition," says Mr. Schnittkind...
...only natural that active military service should receive the greatest measure of praise, for with it go all dangers and hardships. Yet there are many other fields in which men may serve with great benefit to their nation. A group of University undergraduates has just finished a task, the completion of which deserves most honorable mention. These men gave up their Christmas vacation to go into the woods nearby and gather fuel to relieve the shortage so keenly felt in Boston this winter. It was a splendid work, and most opportune, coming at the time of one of the worst...
...that they are now studying Spanish. The language is difficult but the 100 young men now on their way to Russia to work in the Y.M.C.A. huts under Dr. John R. Mott's direction expect to acquire a speaking knowledge of the language in two months' time. Although the task may be hard the prizes are great. I hope also that the Russian government will send students to this country to study in our universities and technical schools. The Russian universities are desirous of having America help them make their work more practical. Their present courses of study...
Scissoring a Liberty coupon will therefore be a wholly novel experience to many who will tackle the not arduous task. Whether the coupon is for 88 cents or $1.75 or much more, the thrill will be there. And with it will arise the question what do to with this accession of income...