Word: problems
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...subject of Mr. Lauderburn's talk was "Social Service." After speaking of the intimate connection which has long existed between St. Stephen's Church and Harvard, he explained the reason for the college man's influence in social work. The college man wants a hard job; the tougher the problem that presents itself the more likelihood there is of getting an undergraduate to help. St. Stephen's attempts to do a large work in one of the hardest districts of Boston. If it is successful at all it is because the work is difficult and because it draws forth...
...greatest opportunity for broadening a man's interest in matters that in the final test are worth while. Last year the University was particularly fortunate in the matter of outside lectures owing to the unselfish efforts of the committee of the Faculty who arranged the series on "The Social Problem and its Remedies." The lectures in this series were particularly successful and drew large and appreciative audiences because the speakers were men who were at the heads of their profession in the country and whose reputation in the country and whose reputation was therefore national, and because they spoke...
...work before practice begins in the Cage this winter. Games will be played every afternoon as long as the weather permits. Coach Sexton will be in complete charge of the practice, and he feels that if sufficient material with which to work shows up it will greatly simplify his problem next spring...
...supposed evidence of recent coastal subsidence. Lines of levels will be run between the ocean and lagoons, bays, etc., to ascertain the relative heights of high tides at different points on the irregular shores, in the belief that the data thus secured will throw light on the problem of coastal subsidence. During the latter part of the summer important localities on the coasts of England, Holland and Sweden will also be visited for the purpose of making comparisons with similar localities on the coast of North America...
...Russell, of New York, author and Socialist candidate for governor of New York State, delivered the tenth lecture of the series on "The Social Problem and its Remedies" yesterday afternoon. His subject was "The Socialists' Remedy...