Word: toward
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Socialist Club, will be open to the public. After being graduated from the University of Indiana in 1896, Mr. Hunter became secretary of the Chicago Bureau of Charities. In 1902 he was made chairman of the New York Child Labor Commission and has since accomplished a great deal toward bettering the conditions among the poor of New York City...
...these follows "A Leaf of Bay," a simple and musical two-stanza ode in praise of a warrior who has conquered and may now rest. The collocation suggests that the allusion is to President Eliot, who certainly will watch the young men with undiminished interest as they "look toward the fight," but whether he will be content to rest "careless of the war about" is doubtful. The other pieces of verse show differing degrees of maturity of thought, poetical feeling and constructive skill. The most ambitious of these is "A Night Song,"--a lover's homage to his beloved...
...editorial pages speak of the coming presentation of Allan Davis's play "The Promised Land" by the Dramatic Club, and of the importance of the work the club is doing in shaping the attitude of the College toward the writing of dramas by undergraduates; and there is a hearty word of congratulation for the victorious football team. The number concludes with a sharp condemnation of Herrick's novel "Together"; for such reviews of books more space should be allowed. On the whole the number of the Monthly must be adjudged to be a very good...
...though there was a unanimous petition in favor of it. The new president will be given every opportunity to take hold of his work and responsibilities under the most favorable conditions and it would not do to create such a situation, slight as it might be in its consequences toward...
...developed a system of coaching which has drawn men of athletic ability from all parts of the country. This year Haughton has worsted him. Harvard has suffered lately from a reputation of inefficiency in athletics in everything except baseball. We cannot be accused of considering football the ultimate goal toward which to strive, but the real goal is the successful application of trained intelligence in everything; if we do not bring this about, people think something is wrong. We take satisfaction in Burr's staying out of the game for the good of the team, while the Yale Alumni Weekly...