Word: hankering
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...letter describing the opportunities for college men as army field clerks during the summer, has been received by President Lowell from Colonel F. C. Hanker, demobilization officer of the army. The War Department has authorized the appointment of a number of clerks to aid in the demobilization of overseas troops at Camp Dix, N. J. The rate of pay is $100 per month, and appointments can be terminated at any time...
Nobody will deny the good intentions of the ladies of Cambridge in their endeavors to help the undergraduates, but the result of their efforts has been detrimental to the University. No college man wants to be "Mothered", still less does he hanker after fudge and a place where his buttons may be sewn on. Civilian life with all its freedom is quite a different thing from the restrictions of military or naval life. The well-intentioned ladies have misinterpreted the needs and requirements of the students...