Word: thing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...would require a flood of sentiment to convince one's reason or taste that Dane Hall in its present condition is a thing of beauty. Even before the fire, that building was entirely unsuited to its surroundings; the invasion of broad streets and the subway made it seem anachronistic. Yet in spite of its lack of the artistic, in spite of its being the home of the Bursar, Dane Hall had a certain charm. It could always glance over at Matthews or peer round the corner at Weld and put those two to shame from the standpoint of personal attraction...
...killed at Pau in an aviation accident on September 11, 1917, Mr. Henry E. Meeker '89 has given to the CRIMSON a library of a thousand volumes. One of the last wishes of Meeker, who was President of the CRIMSON while in College, was that if any thing happened to him while in France, his own library be given to the CRIMSON, and it is in accordance with this wish that the gift has been made...
...that fact can possibly favor a strike in an essential industry, when the Government stands ready with its agencies and machinery for the adjudication of all disputes. To refuse to submit to such adjudication is to profess a lack of confidence in our Government. That is not a loyal thing to do in war-time, when the Government is doing its best to so redirect our national energy as to enable us to win this war. When democracy is fighting for its very life, it does not show a very high appreciation of democracy to hinder it in that fight...
...through international socialism accomplished by world-wide revolution; that capital has become international and that the war against capital must likewise be international; that if the present war continues much longer all of the working people will disappear under the fire of the guns, and hence the one thing needful is peace,--peace obtained in any possible way, peace at any price...
...first thing that Smileage brings to my mind," said Major Henry Lee Higginson '55 in his address at the Smileage meeting yesterday, "is the old proverb, 'All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.' A man in the army, without any source of decent amusement, is very liable to suffer from a loss of morale." Major Higginson then went on to tell of the need of entertainment that prevailed during the Civil War as compared with excellent conditions now being provided at the army and navy cantonments...