Word: mission
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What promises to be one of the most prominent activities of the Association was initiated in March in the reorganization of the Harvard Mission in the form of a committee to arouse and maintain interest among the undergraduates and alumni in opportunities for foreign reconstruction work. The project was initiated as a result of the visit of Dr. R. M. Story '08, head of the Y. M. C. A. in Siberia, to Cambridge on March...
...Randall Library, which contains books on Missions, Social Service and Religion, has had the addition of 26 useful volumes, 12 on Social Service, 4 on Mission and 10 on Religion...
After the dinner, reports will be read by the president, treasurer, librarian, the presidents of constituent societies, and the chairmen of the standing committees. These will include reports from the Harvard University Christian Association, St. Paul's Society, St. Paul's Catholic Club, Social Service Committee, the Harvard Mission, Chapel Committee, the Graduate Schools Society, and the Medical and Law School Societies...
...mission was formed in 1904 to "arouse, maintain, and increase among undergraduates and alumni an intelligent interest and participation in the work of foreign missions. To this end, to secure men for positions in other countries and so far as possible to provide for their support from Harvard undergraduates, and as opportunity shall arise, to take such measures as are possible to localize and accentuate this interest." Before the war, the mission took a very active part in this work, and found many opportunities abroad for members of the University, but since 1917 it has been practically impossible to maintain...
...committee is to consist of P. Hapgood '21, chairman, J. G. King '20, W. McH. Keyser '20, H. deC. Ward '20, C. W. Eliot '20, and S. B. Colby '21. These men are to have charge of the work of the mission, and the enlistment of college men for specific jobs over seas...