Word: youngs
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...future. As for the students that come over independently, many choose the United States because it affords opportunities for self-support that are available nowhere else. For, with the exception of the government students and those who are unusually well-to-do, the resources of the average Japanese young man are not great. The government of Japan spends only a hundred thousand dollars yearly for the support of students, which is given to the ablest alone...
...letter to the Transcript, and the author of a tirade against the University, called "The Educational Octopus," makes the accusation that the "intellectuals of Harvard mistakenly believe that the son of the laboring man should not be allowed to aspire to equality, professionally or otherwise, with the young men of more favored parentage. They are engaged in a great conspiracy to prevent it." This is nonsense. An investigation made three years ago showed that one-third of the men in the University were earning all or part of their expenses. Last year 461 men obtained employment during term time through...
...objection of many that the young man with a college education will find farm life unattractive is not intrinsically sound. Naturally, higher education should develop an appreciation of the conveniences of civilization, aesthetic qualities, and a desire for a healthy social life. But if these things are not found in the country it is due more often to a lack of initiative and leadership than to an inherent defect in farm life. By the leadership of one man in a community, a cooperative effort to secure better educational conditions, and a stimulation of organized recreation and social life, would...
Norman Angell was born in England 41 years ago, but came to this country while a young man and engaged in newspaper work. In 1819 he become Paris correspondent for several American newspapers; in 1900 he was made editor of the Paris Daily Messenger, and in 1905 was appointed general manger of the Paris Daily Mail, which position he held until 1912. He is at present on an American lecture four having spoken at many universities in the West...
...bulk of verses shows a healthy interest on the part of the Advocate board, whose president, Mr. W. C. Sanger, Jr., '16, contributes perhaps the most distinguished poem, "To a Young Girl." Mr. Putnam '18, with "Storm," and Mr. Cutler '16, with a translation from Catullus, add good things to the number. In spite of an imitative and derivative air about most of these productions, patent confessions of the amateur's willingness of spirit and lack of skill, there is much promise and considerable present fulfilment. It is somewhat surprising not to find the poets rhyming about matters more pressing...