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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...result of the "University Club" canvass gives a basis for only a very rough estimate of the demand felt by the resident members of the University for the proposed club. Those who have had the canvass in charge have realized the inaccuracy of the "blue-book" method of getting opinions, as there are always sure to be a certain number of men who sign their names thought lessly, to say nothing of the few who mutilate the books by writing fictitious names. Two things, however, have been made clear in conducting the present canvass: First, that no men were urged...
...recess. We need not say that the unconcealed impatience with which members of the University have taken the continued delays in the construction has not lessened their appreciation of Mr. Hemenway's generosity. The need which he has met has been the most crying one which the University has felt within the past few years. Other needs have had a more important bearing on the life of Harvard as an institution of learning, but as a civilized community, none. That the demands of health and cleanliness can now be met with a fair degree of comfort and convenience...
...been suggested, therefore, that a University Club or Union, to which men from all classes and schools and departments should be eligible, would meet a want now felt by large numbers of students. Such an institution would require a spacious and handsome clubhouse, situated in a central spot; it would provide a reading-room, where the leading newspapers and periodicals would be on file, smoking room, a library, a billiard-room, a large hall for meetings, and a restaurant. It would naturally come to be a resort for graduates, who feel more and more the need of a meeting place...
...meeting of the Student Volunteer workers on Monday was deserving of a more extended notice than was given in the CRIMSON. We are glad that Mr. Comfort has called our attention to this fact, because we should be very sorry to have it appear that the interest we have felt and which we have frequently expressed for this work was in any way weakened. The work of the Volunteer Committee last year, in its general aspects, has been fully described in the CRIMSON, and we have always been glad to cooperate in bringing the work prominently before the University. Though...
Much interest is felt in the approaching production of "Rip Van Winkle," the first performance of which takes place on Monday evening next, December 16. For weeks past Manager Rose has been literally deluged with letters asking that Planquett's charming opera might be heard here and the advance sale is already formidable in size...