Word: citizenship
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Oration in 1870, is still of great interest to us today. In it he names "enthusiasm of heart and earnest of mind" as the two qualities demanded in the manhood of the times, and enters a plea for the younger generation to take more interest in the duties of citizenship...
...paid off the debt of his first day's board and food. His lesson was a stern one, but it was worth while. He learned what it meant to fight out his own fight alone and to pay for his own mistakes. This, with a real comprehension of what citizenship means, is what the Republic is meant to teach all its citizens and does teach with extraordinary success...
...stores and hotels are carried on by the citizens on the basis of a currency of the Republic which when the citizens leave is exchanged for usable articles of one kind or another. As an experiment in training the boys and girls of the poorer classes in practical citizenship, and in developing in character and industrial ability those who would otherwise have been sent to reformatories, the Republic has proved eminently successful...
...Paul's Catholic Club held its opening reception in Brooks House last night. The principle speaker of the evening was the Hon. T. J. Gargan of Boston, who chose as his subject, "Citizenship and Public Duties." Short addresses were also made by Rev. J. J. Farrell of Cambridge, Rev. E. J. Fitzgerald of Clinton, and J. F. Leonard '96, a former president of the club. Following the addresses, M. Burns was elected a member of the governing board from...
...necessarily uneducated, under the influence of educated men and higher standards. The twenty Harvard directors will work among the boys of South Boston. Club houses will be secured in which the boys will meet regularly and receive practical instruction looking to the inculcation of principles of better citizenship. The work, which will be non-partisan and non-sectarian, will begin next autumn. J. Jackson '04 is chairman of the Harvard committee, and E. V. R. Thayer '04 is secretary of the league...