Word: fours
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...last business to come before the meeting was the election of the twenty-four members of the executive committee. The result was the election of the twenty-four men whose names had been proposed by the committee on organization, although twenty-six other men received scattering votes. Major H. L. Higginson's name was withheld from the nominations at his request on account of his being a member of the Corporation...
President Ely has in preparation a pamphlet which will give a complete account of the history of the Union with a statement of its principles and methods. There will be four leading articles on the following subjects: "The Origin of the Union." by Professor Peabody; "The Union and the University," by G. L. Paine '96; "The Union and the Workingman," by James A. Stinson of the Riverside Press, and "The Principles and Methods of the Union," by President Ely. The publication, which is about forty pages long, will also contain pictures of officers and teachers and exterior and interior views...
...success of the union this year is no less than in former years. The membership is about four hundred, and the number of instructors and officers from Harvard is almost sixty. Attendance at classes has been slightly better than usual, and the quality of instruction has improved. In other respects no vital changes have occurred. P. M. Tucker '99, has recently been elected chairman of the lecture committee to arrange lectures for the Wednesday evening meetings...
...number of Freshman crew candidates has been cut down only once, and there are still about seventy men left, working in five squads. Each squad is under the charge of a 'Varsity oarsman with two assistants, and Mr. Storrow is present three or four times a week. The candidates have not yet been arranged according to ability and are not rowing in any regular order. They will not go to the tank or be divided into crews until the squad is further cut down...
...very important meeting of persons interested in student volunteer work. Editors of leading religious papers, representatives of nearly fifty mission boards, a hundred returned missionaries, and professors from leading universities will be present. This is the fourth meeting of this convention which is held once every four years. It is hoped that ten men from Harvard will attend...