Word: account
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...last meeting of the board of directors of Memorial Hall action was taken whereby a member of the hall leaving on account of sickness will not be held responsible for his board beyond the Tuesday following his withdrawal, provided that at the time of giving notice he shows a doctor's certificate of his sickness, and that he had no reasonable opportunity of giving notice at the time of his withdrawal...
With the exception of J. Richardson, Jr., '08, who was not at number 5, the University crew rowed in the same order as last week. Richardson was absent on account of a slight injury to one of his knees, which he suffered in a hockey match on Sunday. He is expected to be in condition again next week. R. M. Faulkner '09, who was number 7, on the Freshman crew last year, rowed in his place. Coach Wray coxswained both the University and second eights...
...grave danger of Harvard's becoming one of several large "provincial" universities. If it is to retain the place it has hitherto held, a larger proportion of its material must be drawn from parts of the country other than New England. This article is admirably supplemented by an account of the Associated Harvard Clubs, the great Harvard organization of the West, by their president, R. G. Brown '84. Both writers point out the need and possibilities of work for Harvard in the West; both base their statements on the fact that Harvard's influence is in danger of becoming localized...
...object is to exchange ideas and experiences and to answer questions that may have occurred to men, regarding their work. Mr. C. W. Birtwell '81, secretary of the Children's Aid Society of Boston, will preside, and will probably call on some of the men present for a brief account of the work they have been doing in conducting boys' clubs, coaching teams, and teaching classes. There will also be extemporaneous speaking and discussion, and all men who have been engaged in philanthropic work during the year, are invited to attend...
...spoke first of the government of Mt. Desert, Maine, in the eighties, which was almost entirely self-supporting, and its perfection, on account of the really local character of its interests. Some thirty years ago, a great change took place in American life. The population gradually drew into large units, whose interests were everywhere. With this, there was a further complication; namely, that the burden of taxation was badly distributed, as the wealthier classes lived in adjacent towns, leaving the poorer householders of the city to bear the major burden of its taxes. The movement for remedying this state...