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Founded at the beginning of the century by Bishop Phillips Brooks, the motto of the student center is "Piety, Charity, Hospitality." The purpose of the House and organization is to help fulfill the social function of the college student in the Cambridge community...
Another important function of the House is to provide facilities for student activities. The Student Council and the American Veterans' Committee have their offices in PBH, while many University organizations from the Harvard Dames to the John Reed Society use its rooms for meetings...
...group, do not face the inconveniences of long hours and difficult labor that characterize dining room jobs. Those in the Houses, for instance, may spend at least a portion of their time at the library desk in study. But the attendants at the University libraries serve an essential function and offer a service that must be adequately rewarded lest the jobs go begging. The Houses are having increasing difficulty filling the maintenance posts at the ungratifying pay of $.55 per hour. Both here and at Widener, this work requires full attention of the attendant. Both in the Houses...
Arthur N. Holcombe, professor of Government, felt that the Fulbright proposal is one which "would come naturally from people who think the British parliamentary system is more democratic and efficient than ours." "Our system," he added, "can function and accomplish the purposes for which it was designed without having one party in control...
...addition to serving what appears to be a genuine need on the part of many veterans, this form of House activity might serve as a useful function for staff members whose connection with the House and its going-on has been purely nominal. In this twin role, a series of review sections in each field requiring the graduation exams would identify non-resident members of the House staff with the House, and lend the seven divisions of the College something more than a dormitory aspect. Although this type of project has no precedent in the short history of the House...