Word: toward
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...illustrations, in fact, are good throughout, with several departures from the ordinary both in subject and style. The "extracts from the Philistine" shows in parts a tendency toward vulgarity that is unnecessary...
...editorials, it is hard to recall much to comment upon. Evidently the Lampoon. with commendable industry, prefers four years of work to three fo acquring an A. B.; and it has taken an amusing way of saying so. The "By the Way" column runs short of puns toward the end, but this may be a thoughtful concession to the reader. All the rest of the reading matter, with some slight exceptions, is bright and the episode of the unfortunate CRIMSON candidate is so life-like as to suggest actual experience on the part of the author...
...through laws, then, can we hope for relief. What is there for the individual to do toward bettering wide-spread corruption? How can he be furnished with the deliberation, intelligence and courage of good citizenship? Propositions are many and varied for the improvement of the conditions sur-sounding the poor. Tammany, in fact, has an elaborate system whereby its followers are supplied with food, fuel and work; but the funds used in this way consist o hush-money drawn from gambling dives and houses of ill-fame. This money should be stopped at its source and never be allowed...
...Student Volunteer Committee has just been entirely reorganized with a view toward making it a more efficient working body and giving it a more definite constitution. As it was sometimes confused with the intercollegiate student volunteer movement, with which it has no connection, its name has been changed to the "Harvard Social Service Committee." Its general purpose is to be essentially the same as in the past, namely, to stimulate and guide voluntary charitable work among the students. It is hoped that it may become more and more the radiating centre for all this class of activities, both by being...
...first public performance of the Delta Upsilon play, "The Elder Brother," was successfully given in Brattle Hall last night. The audience was not very large, but was enthusiastic, especially toward the end of the play. The elaborate wedding dance in the second act was well executed, and was twice repeated in response to generous applause...