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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...thirty-seventh annual report of the Cambridge Social Union gives an account of its activities for the year ending October 31, 1907. President J. G. Thorp '79, in reporting for the Executive Committee, says that the membership for the year was 566, a figure almost identical with that of the previous year. An increase in the membership of women and girls, however, appears, with a corresponding decrease in the number of men and boys connected with the Union. The number of occupations represented...
Besides the above votes which are given in order of preference, there were a few scattering votes for other candidates, and nearly a hundred thrown out on account of some technicality. In answer to the question "Do you favor a third term for Roosevelt?" there were 254 affirmative answers and 700 negative. If nominated for a third term 560 were in favor of voting for Roosevelt and 385 not in favor...
...eighth inter-university cable chess match between Harvard, Princeton, Cornell and Pennsylvania on one side, and Oxford and Cambridge Universities on the other, will be played today from Houston Hall, Philadelphia. The American team will begin play this morning at 10, which, on account of the difference in time between this country and England, makes the English team begin play at 3 P. M. Each man will play one game, at the rate of 25 moves an hour, with a man representing the English team. The country winning the majority of games will win the challenge cup, which has been...
...occasion for an interesting article by G. F. Evans '05, on the early history of the Sodality; while the twenty-fifth anniversary of the production of the first Harvard operetta, "Dido and Aeneas," played by the Pudding in 1882, draws from Mr. Owen Wister, the Musical Manager, an entertaining account of the occasion. Mr. Lindsay Swift '77 writes on the life of his classmate, Professor Edward Henry Strobel, late Adviser to the King of Siam. A sketch of the career of Bancroft Davis recalls the distinguished services of an older Harvard diplomat, especially in connection with the Geneva arbitration. Professor...
...present managers are the first ones to admit that as a competition collecting subscriptions is a farce. No one can judge of a man's qualifications to manage a team by his ability to collect money from the students; and the managers are therefore taking into account the candidates' general fitness to do the necessary work. The result is unsatisfactory to everyone-to the managers, who are placed in an unpleasant position; and to the candidates, who frequently feel that they have been unjustly dealt with...