Word: club
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...midst of so many opinions upon the question of a change in the present club system, it is of pre-eminent and vital importance that the one paramount defect in that system be kept in mind, namely, the elective feature which makes possible and necessary the maintenance of 17 clubs with separate identities. It is this method of election which must bear the brunt of the attack...
With the abolition of the elective system now in vogue there will also be removed the necessity for that repelling practice of "bootlicking"; there will be removed that unjust and unfair splitting up of the two upper classes into groups which form the "big clubs" and the "little clubs"; there will be obliterated the unwarrantable award which comes to a man when elected to a so-called "big club"; there will be eliminated the stigma which attaches to membership in no club; there will be destroyed that feeling of almost insignificance which members of small clubs have...
...shouldn't membership in a big club constitute a lawful reward and acknowledgment of achievement, it may be asked. If to belong to any club on Prospect was in itself an indication that a member had done something to merit honor and distinction, that question might be a fit one for argument. But merit is not the criterion of election. It is rather type. In every one of the big clubs, it is the effort of those in charge of the election to secure men of the same stamp as themselves and their club-mates. This makes a rigid system...
...botanical garden. In connection with the competition an exhibit of water-color paintings by members of the University, together with four examples of the work of Rankin, a famous Scotch artist, is being held in Robinson Hall. Similar prizes are offered to members of the Boston Architectural Club and to students of M. I. T., and all the successful designs will be exhibited together by the Society...
...Zoological Club meeting in Zoological Laboratory, Room...