Word: collective
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...consist of an account of the last expedition and the continuation of the work of previous explorations which have had as their main object the mapping of the big tributaries of the Amazon and Orinoco rivers in the unknown region west of the Rio Negro. Another purpose was to collect ethnological information relative to the aboriginal inhabitants and to explore the forests where these primitive people lived previously untouched by civilization. The valley of the Amazon is the last great unexplored tract of the earth's surface...
...several of the men on the sub-committee of the Senior class for the collection of the gymnasium fund failed to appear at the first meeting of the committee last Friday, it is necessary, in order to collect the pledges in the allotted time, that the following Seniors should meet in Hollis 9 tonight at 9.30 o'clock: W. H. Chatfield, N. Curtis, T. O. Freeman, G. F. Plimpton, A. C. Smith, F. H. Storms, L. M. Wright...
Attention should be called to President Lowell's communication in this morning's CRIMSON. His sanction of a graduate committee to collect money for the new gymnasium was stated in the papers in such a way as to seem something new. not changes. Although he has not been and is not optimistic concerning the immediate success of the plan, if the graduates, having received the proof of the undergraduates' eagerness in it, are sufficiently interested to contribute the money, he will be pleased to see such a building at Harvard...
William R. Thayer, the librarian, sends out a request for all sorts of Harvard material. Historical and biographical books pertaining to the College, and catalogues and reports are especially desired. It is the first purpose to collect as many books as possible about Harvard men autograph copies of works by Harvard authors, and complete files of every College magazine and paper. The second purpose is to assemble a library of several thousand volumes of the best books in many fields so that readers of the most diverse tastes will find something to interest them. The most desirable in this division...
...class secretary is the officer, upon whom the class will largely depend for coherence, enthusiasm, and direction during its career after graduation. The office is no sinecure. It should be filled by a person who keeps constantly in touch with his classmates; he should know how to collect and edit news for the Class Reports, which means that he should have experience in the details of printing and proof-reading; his acquaintance should be as wide as the class, not limited by the interested of any set, club, or clique...