Word: wider
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Smoker will last about three hours and every member of the two dormitories should drop in during the course of the evening to renew old and make new acquaintances. The series of smokers will continue into the winter, and it is hoped will serve as a great stimulus to wider acquaintanceship and closer friendship among the Seniors...
...committee which has been attempting to raise funds to provide a complete system of Freshman dormitories has secured pledges agregating $1,200,000. President Lowell has been actively interested in carrying out this plan for bringing about wider mingling and closer acquaintance among the men of the University early in their college careers. The plan, which has received wide notice among Harvard men, provides for a row of buildings near the Charles River on the land now owned by the University, in which all first year men, except those living at home, will be required to live. At least...
Intercollegiate competition began in the field of athletics and produced a prevailingly healthful intercourse between Harvard and its fellow-colleges. This has gradually drawn the University from an isolated position into closer and wider relations with its neighbors. Teams in almost every branch of sport represent us against rivals, and growing out of this the musical clubs of the various colleges give joint concerts...
...Phillips Brooks House was opened, the Society moved into its present quarters. The membership of the Society is now about 250 and is steadily increasing. Within the last year the Society has changed its policy from one of chiefly formal membership to an organization of working fellowship with a wider scope of work. Besides its bible study meetings, weekly conferences, and social service work, it is planning to establish a mission for men and boys in Somerville, and in time to take charge of all the religious and settlement work in that town...
...theatre are open on all sides. As managers, they are especially needed, since there is a great opportunity in that field for men with original ideas and a keen understanding of life. Mr. MacKaye spoke especially of the work of Professor Baker of Harvard in spreading a wider appreciation of the opportunities of college men in dramatic work. In speaking of Harvard, he emphasized its great need for a University theatre, which should be the focus of all the dramatic activities of the University and where men could acquire the technique and skill necessary for a dramatic career