Word: alumni
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...annual meeting of the Harvard Club, May 12, the New York alumni discussed the recent restrictions of the overseers. About one hundred members of the club were present, and the unanimous sentiment was in favor not only of retaining the old system of sports but also of allowing contests with professionals. The following resolutions were drawn up by George Walton Green, who recently presented the petition of the alumni to the Board of Overseers...
...Harvard Club of New York at their annual meeting. The opinion of such graduates as these, men of all ages and of large experience, should have great weight with the members of the faculty. The views of the undergraduates may be cast aside, but those of the Alumni must command respect. The Board of Overseers have seen fit to lay upon the table the petition of a large number of graduates in favor of allowing the nine to play with professionals, and we are glad that the alumni do not intend to let the matter rest there. As we have...
...Whereas, We are assured from the great generosity of his gift, that the donor of the new recitation building is in the highest sympathy with the interests of the University, and will, therefore, gladly listen to the united voice of her students and alumni...
...Whereas, the Fence, as the centre of the social life of the Campus is the highest promoter and most marked exponent of the manly democracy of Yale life, and to the alumni one of their most cherished memories...
...Resolved, That a committee be appointed by the chairman of this meeting to present this petition to the Corporation and to procure for it the signatures of the alumni...