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...wish to protest against this kind of thing in a Harvard class day election; it is not fitting to the dignity of the occasion and moreover does not allow of a free expression of opinion. It is highly improper for a group of men to carry on a systematic canvass, to hold caucusses and make agreements for mutual benefit. A Harvard class day election, of all such occasions, should be a perfectly free expression of class feeling, indicative of the worth and popularity of those elected...
Elsewhere in the report the President appeals to individual munificence, but no one as yet has responded to this appeal. The students, therefore, have taken the matter into their hands and have decided upon active steps. In June last representatives of the various departments in the University voted to canvass the college this fall, in order to raise as large a subscription as possible among the students themselves, and then, by a circular-letter, to appeal to the Alumni for the rest. In answer to their inquiry, President Eliot replied that "a plain stone building of sufficient size, made fire...
...Each captain shall make a canvass of every man in his class at the beginning of the term and get out all good material...
...undergraduate committee made up of about twelve men from each class is about to make a canvass of the college to raise $10,000 to establish a fund in memory of the late George William Sawin. This fund will be held in trust for the following purposes: 1, The income to be paid to the mother of the late George W. Sawin during her life; 2, after her death, the income to maintain a George W. Sawin instructorship or fellowship in Harvard university, the incumbent to be by preference a student of mathematics. Mr. Henry M. Spelman, 50 State...
Members of this committee and of the Classical club committee will canvass the college for subscriptions and any member of the committees will gladly receive the contributions of any man whom they may fail to approach...