Word: evens
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...five independent societies, with a total membership of about 85. Two of them still retain the names of Agora and Forum, but they have been change constitutionally in the direction of informality. Debating has now become an essentially informal affair, and three of the clubs do not even have offices. The Agora and Forum, as they now exist, have 25 and 20 members respectively, and hold weekly meetings which have been well attended. H. W. Hines '09 and P. B. Carter '08 are their respective heads. Of the three other clubs, the largest and most successful is one originated...
...received must be declined for lack of room or stored until larger accommodations can be secured. Plans have been drawn for a new building, which, with a fund for its proper endowment, will cost about $300,000. The amount which is now on hand is not sufficient to warrant even the beginning of a building, and until further subscriptions are received, the movement for a new building will be at a standstill...
...charter was granted by the legislature. Mrs. Agassiz became the first president of the new college, as she had been of the preceding society, and for several years a was a strong influence in building it up to its present high position. Personally she was refined, high-brad, even aristocratic; but no woman of her generation was more influential through the sneer force of personality
...Even without the distinction of these tributes to Professor Norton, the present number of the Graduates' Magazine would be of special interest. Besides the reports of college affairs, news from the classes, and book reviews, one may find here topics ranging from the Law School Library and the efficient services of the Appointments Bureau to the ten thousand guinea pigs which are quartered in Lawrence Hall and have all unwittingly contributed much to science and the fame of Harvard. A valuable article on Charles Chauncey makes clear that aristocracy as well as democracy presided over the inception of the University...
...annual volume, containing about 500 pages, will be the unit of publication. No articles will be continued from one number to another, even though it should be necessary to devote a whole issue to a single important contribution...