Word: understanding
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Graduate who drops a page or two of interesting material from his Window in each number of the Magazine, has in this issue suggested a number of ques- tions in Harvard history that are probably very funny to those who understand the allusions. To those who do not, and it is highly probably that only a chosen few do, they are laborious and savor of the Lampoon at its worst. The Graduate blances up the "questions" with a vigorous little essay on the University's duty of making "practising" Americans of students of all races who come here...
...CRIMSON'S editorial "Tag-Day Every Day" which took a stand against indiscriminate campaigns for divers charities, directed against the proverbially wealthy, but actually indigent student, has drawn a torrent of protest from those who do not understand its real purpose. It was simply an expression of the impatience that many men feel at being accosted and canvassed for all sorts of charitable projects just because they are college...
...unfortunate that President Lowell is compelled to touch upon the question of neglect in the matter of loan funds. The lack of conscience displayed by so many in neglecting to pay back the money the college has lent them is hard to understand. The fact that such loans are "debts of honor" should be enough to insure their speedy repayment. The men who do not pay back this money are doubly culpable. Not only do they take an unfair advantage of the University, but they prevent other men from enjoying the help they enjoyed...
...Prison Commission. In order to obtain a better insight into prevailing conditions, Mr. Osborne served a voluntary term of six days in the Auburn Prison, spending his time there exactly as did all the other prisoners. Through this he gained a bond of sympathy with convicts, and learned to understand their outlooks...
...Dormitory squads" should understand that they are not limited to their definite assignments...