Word: without
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...that some constructive plans to go forward with the work begun a year ago may then be formulated. The approaching spring vacation gives an opportunity to co-ordinate and utilize in this work the energies of men returning to their homes. A semi-annual or quarterly smoker is not without its value to a Territorial Club, but what any organization with such an object thrives on is work. And a big part of its work is to put Harvard in touch with the "New Nationalism" which has made Harvard's scope country-wide. The long-delayed pamphlet was admirably planned...
...square yard of felt of a given thickness will absorb a certain amount of noise, and that if there is an overplus of noise, one must simply put up a corresponding area of sound-proof blanket. He has produced a long-fibre product of felt, designed to secure strength without losing absorbing power. The general result over the country has been the elimination in many cases of private offices, and the creation of large, single, office rooms, the ceilings and walls of which are treated with the new material. The great problem of excessive office noise as an important factor...
...requests sent out was 640. The men have been even more remiss in returning the pledges, as only 263 have been received. The class secretary and treasurer have a great deal of work to do, and it will greatly aid them if all Seniors will attend to these matters without delay...
...that there shall be no organized cheering at the hockey games in the Arena. The reasons for this adverse vote are three: first, that the attempt this year proved a failure; in the second place, that there is no point to the cheering except in the Yale games, and without practice in the smaller games, which is impracticable; it is unsuccessful; and finally, it is very difficult to secure a concentrated cheering section in the Arena...
...signs of the same dangerous tendency toward merely materialistic realism appear in Mr. H. F. Brock's one-act play, "The Bank Account." Its conclusion might well have been made more poignant and powerful without violating truth to life, for even a being mentally so starved as its chief character would express himself more fully upon the defeat of all his hopes. On the whole, however, the piece is skillful and affecting. Its theme is a timely one, and recalls the candid words in which Mrs. Andrew W. White last year condemned "the neglect of the great body of women...