Word: unselfish
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...with pride in our mutual Americanism that we recognize Leland Stanford's praiseworthy contribution of men. As one nation from coast to coast our men are going forth to perform a great, unselfish work. This newest enlistment is typical of the generosity of the boundless West...
...tramp of a thousand men marching today in the Harvard Regiment answered many a challenge. Have college students, more and more favored by circumstance, become so lost in seeking personal comfort and private success that they have no time for unselfish service? The regiment's regular ranks and its well-ordered marching told of many hours devoted to drill in the midst of busy weeks in winter and spring. From the day of their enlistment to their final review this morning the men have worked conscientiously to serve not themselves but their country. Has Harvard's tradition of restraint, which...
...track meets. A thousand members of the University demonstrated in this final review that they were both willing and able to sacrifice a certain amount of time ordinarily spent in outside activities or in recreation to prepare themselves in the event of a national crisis. This unmistakable spirit of unselfish service created by the Regiment has helped in great measure to dispel the recurrent yet fallacious belief in Harvard indifference...
Since the Student Council has determined wisely to estimate student opinion on the question by actual vote, members of the College must form and express their sentiments. In making their final decision they should take care that their attitude is serious and unselfish, for the vital effect of the proposed change will be that upon undergraduates as a body, not that upon the individual...
...afternoon spent in such a very profitable and pleasurable manner is to us, and we feel must be to the rest of the Regiment, only a source of greater enthusiasm and deeper interest in our military endeavors. Knowing that the success of this march is universally attributed to the unselfish work and interest which you have bestowed upon the Regiment, we wish to indicate our appreciation in some small way of your spirit which has acted, and which we are sure will continue to act, as the highest incentive to our own best efforts. A. H. ONTHANK, Corporal, 2G.B. PRIVATE...