Word: social
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Charles T. Copeland '82, has an enrollment of 158. Other courses given by members of the Faculty include one on French History and Civilization, given by Dean Charles H. Haskins, which has 64 members; Professor T. N. Carver has 76 men and women in his course on Programs of Social Reconstruction," and H. W. Holmes '03 has 50 students in his course on "Teaching in the Public Schools...
Under the new system, the qualifying examinations, which were based on the English public school system, have been eliminated. Instead, men are now chosen on their American educational records--both academic and social--and their personality...
...means let tennis be recognized as soon as possible as a collegiate major sport, where it belongs by every law of popularity, of physical demands and of standards of skill, so that eventually the last vestige of that stigma which has so long marked is as "a mere social diversion," will have been removed forever. New York Times
There are at present 107 men engaged in various forms of social service work under the direction of the Phillips Brooks House. These men serve in any of a varied list of capacities, selecting their work according to their experience and interests. The work is divided into three classes: education, athletics and entertainment. The educational work consists of teaching in neighborhood houses or in such organizations as the Working Men's College. In the second division the men act as physical directors for boys' clubs. In the entertainment work they coach dramatic productions or organize glee clubs and supervise recreation...
This year the demand for social service workers is greater than ever. For every man now engaged there are two positions available; at least two hundred more men are needed. The work requires only two hours one night a week. Those who are interested are urged to apply at the Phillips Brooks House from 8 to 10 o'clock in the morning...