Word: extend
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...efforts will give the greatest satisfaction to Harvard men, and graduates and undergraduates alike feel deeply grateful to those men who have given up so much of their time, and who have taken so much trouble in pushing forward this good work. On behalf of the undergraduates we extend the warmest thanks to the University Club Committee...
...victory of last year, and since it is probable that the freshmen of Harvard and Yale will not meet again in a joint debate. At Yale the competition for places on the team is open to all freshmen. The Harvard Freshman Debating Club has not, as yet, decided to extend the competition to any but members, but all members of ninety-nine interested in debating are urged to join before the selection of speakers...
When the University offers the Cambridge public the opportunity of hearing distinguished lecturers, it seems that the least which can be asked of them is that they shall extend a ladylike and a gentlemanly courtesy to the speaker. But last evening in Sanders Theatre there was a score of men and women who displayed the utmost udeness not only to Prince Wolkonsky, but to the rest of the audience, by leaving the theatre with more or less disturbance while the lecture was in progress. Unfortunately there were many members of the University who in this way also showed their inability...
...University. But we understand the reasons why this is not done in the present case, for the debate is the result of an invitation from the Trinity Club to hold a joint meeting in the private rooms of the club. The rooms are small and it is impossible to extend invitations outside of the members of the Union. We feel, however, that it would be a good thing for the debating interests of the University if the Harvard clubs could hold some public debates during the year with other like organizations, whether of other colleges or not. Some such debating...
...Though a few may be benefited, yet the University club would not bring permanent social improvement.- (a) Increased numbers of the University would render it impossible for a University club to perform intended functions.- (1) In ten or twenty years proposed club could extend its advantages to comparatively few men.- (x) It is very probable that University will continue to increase at present rate.- (I) Only check on increase is growth of Western universities.- (II) Such growth is likely to be very slow.- (y) Such a club, ipse facto, must be of somewhat limited facilities.- (2) It would not then...