Word: various
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Social Service Committee of Phillips Brooks House has recently come to our attention with its complete announcement of all the organizations and branches of philanthropic work in which the committee is concerned and it presents in a few words just what opportunities there are for men interested in the various branches of social work and what the work actually consists of. It is the intention of the committee to send a copy of this pamphlet to every man who signed the unofficial card on registering, expressing a willingness to do social service work if opportunity were presented. This, then...
...purpose of the Social Service Committee is to acquaint students in the University with the various philanthropic enterprises in Cambridge and Boston. It aims to bring together the opportunities for philanthropic work and the men who wish to do such work, and no further obligation is required of those who engage in it than the honorable carrying out of the work they undertake. In choosing the work in which he is to engage, the student is not limited to the few activities of which he may happen to know, but the whole field of charities is open...
...neighborhood of $4000 is given over each year to these prizes, and they carry with team academic distinction of high rank as well as the financial stipend. Men of medium rank, as well as of high rank, and in fact all students who are ambitious in their various lines, would do well to investigate the list. There may be something there to appeal to them...
...same year was American Envoy at the convention between Russia, Japan and the United States. Since that time he has been successively commissioner at the convention with Great Britain to decide the controversy in regard to seal fisheries, delegate to numerous national conventions, and the delegate of various bar organizations at international conventions. He lectured on government at the University during the years 1902 and 1903. He is the author of the "Index Digest of Interstate Commerce Laws," and of several statistical and financial pamphlets...
...same complaint as in former years is beginning to be heard in connection with the dormitory crews. It seems an impossible feat to get the men in the various crews to report regularly and give an opportunity for the crew to get together so that a creditable showing can be made when the bumping races are held. A crew that is on the river so short a time before the race and composed of men of limited experience cannot expect much success if the captain and coach are constantly handicapped by the absence of different men from...