Word: wanted
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...want to tell of a kind act I saw done by someone of the Harvard paraders in a recent torchlight parade. I was coming home and as the parade disbanded some of them gave their torches to delighted kids. One little fellow seemed to be too small to be seen, but one student saw him and gave him his torch. Perhaps he would like it for a souvenir himself. The youngster was so pleased that he wanted to know if he could light it on Hallowe...
Tomorrow morning the delegates will visit the University and will be shown about the grounds by guides. The Oakley Country Club grounds will also be at the disposal of those who do not want to visit the University. From 12.30 to 1.30 o'clock a buffet luncheon will be served at the Union, at which the delegates will be guests...
...Taft and Roosevelt are not only college men but members of phi Beta Kappa as well. It seems to be a rather strong indication that the men who do good work in college are the men who show ability and win people's confidence in after life. If you want to be President of the United States or to make a mark for yourself in any field, now is the time to lay the foundation. -Wisconsin Daily Chronicle
...Cambridge afraid we would vote for extravagant expenditures on public works? Thousands of day laborers who pay no more than a poll tax would vote for them too, in order to get a chance to work on them. And the public improvements are needed too. We do not want to be so-journeys in a strange land. We want to help solve the political problems of Massachusetts. Though the time of our departure be in a measure fixed, while we are here, we are part of the body politic of this community by virtue of our substantial interest in learning...
...went on to say that Yale until recently had been the home of disorganized athletics, but that the new system aimed to put an end to the internal difficulties. "We want more men to go out," he said in conclusion. "We want scrub teams. We want to make athletics the real centre of undergraduate enthusiasm. There is a feeling outside of Yale that athletics have been over-emphasized at New Haven. They may have been in some major sports, but I think, as a whole, they have not been emphasized enough...