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...more ways than one--and had either one of these resplendent citizens adopted a personal motto what better one than the famous "Ich dien" of German origin? Today, even at ninety, Dr. Eliot lives to serve, as of yore. Even as of yore, too, he does serve, knowing whereof he speaks, rich in information, constructive in suggestion, tireless in new vision. By right of service proved he belongs to the public whom he leads, even as he is the most priceless living possession of Harvard College...
...Wherefore, I, Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States, do hereby fix and designate Thursday, the 29th day of November, as Thanksgiving Day. ... In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the United States."? Proclamation made at Washington...
Joseph Husband graduated from Harvard in 1908. He was one of those rare souls who was at one time an editor of the CRIMSON, the Lampoon, and Mother Advocate, so he really knows whereof he speaks when he writes about Harvard. So much for local color. The action is swift and interesting. The story is of a scion of an old New England family who expects the world to bow down and worship his blue blood. He manages to stay in Harvard just about a year and a half. Then, after a painful scene in University 4, he goes west...
...pages in the University Catalogue, and are advertised by bulletins wherever there are dormitories or classrooms. There are so many that, to a student attempting to select the one for which he is best suited to compete, there might almost seem an embarrassment of riches. But Edward Hopkins knew whereof he spoke in laying the foundations for a system which has become one of the important parts of the University machinery today. The honor and remuneration in reward for excellence in work have proved of inestimable value to the hopeful youths of this outgrown plantation...
...others in authority over him. After his admirable work of all these years, his courteous treatment of many bitter critics, and his extremely conscientious handling of every situation that arises, particularly in the distribution of football tickets, I--formerly in charge of that same situation and knowing whereof I speak--resent any implication whatsoever that anything he plans is makeshift. Mr. Moore himself almost never uses the number of tickets to which he is entitled, allowing for his own personal use a ridiculously small number, and I know of no one who gets tickets just because he "knows" Mr. Moore...