Word: welling
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...right. It can't. And the inference is that the only other way is to kill it with clubs and guns. But Mr. Carver doesn't advocate that, for he says "If . . . the principles of peace triumph, civilization will advance." He means, of course, that we have done well to give up our attempt to smash a new system of government with guns; we should try the methods of peace and understanding, that we may not drift "toward another Dark...
...Plumb's exposition in Phillips Brooks House yesterday of his railroad plan met with deserved approval. We congratulate Mr. Plumb upon the success of an excellent stump speech. Aside from a few well-worn jibes at "Wall Street journals" and "Capitalists," his explanation was moderate and in very good taste. But Mr. Plumb's project, stripped of his personality, remains as impracticable as ever...
...eight of the twelve highest Juniors in scholastic fields will be elected members of the society. After mid-years five more seniors will be elected, and an additional five seniors will be taken in just after graduation. In these spring elections distinction in outside activities will be considered, as well as scholastic excellence. The society will keep in view the men who were forced to drop back one or more classes on account of time spent in the service. This will not count against a man if he is eligible for other reasons...
...ages and uses of the buildings, but by giving him first-hand the part of the college life which can't be put into books. Being a Harvard student is not the only necessary qualification. A guide not only needs to learn "outside facts," but should have as well a real knowledge of undergraduate life. A capable guide gets experience and a little money; he gives a real service to Harvard...
...economist, educator or business man who works to make living conditions better in countries where people have difficulty in finding the wherewithal to live. The spirit of modern missions is one of service and reconstruction, not of dogmatism. The true missionary of today is well represented by Wilfred Grenfell, John R. Mott, and the man who speaks to us tonight, Alden Clark...