Word: interesting
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...invite all men in the University to submit communications on subjects of timely interest...
This morning's communication does not throw any new light on the subject of the Gymnasium, but if it helps to keep alive interest in the need of a new building, it will amply serve its purpose. The present building is so hopelessly behind the times that it seems useless to try to improve it. If all the changes suggested were made, the Gymnasium would still be too small for general use and a great deal of money would have been spent in a futile endeavor to provide suitable facilities for indoor exercise. But although it may be unwise...
...hope that the general interest in this subject is not dying out. For a time it looked as if the undergraduates were all keenly alive to the necessity of a new Gymnasium, but so far nothing definite has been accomplished. Can not some person or persons with authority start the movement immediately, and get some results before June...
...certainly undesirable to leave fencing on its present footing, for it is not right to have any University team handicapped to such an extent. If the Committee feels that there is enough interest to make intercollegiate matches worth while, the expenses of the team should be paid in whole or in part from the general fund. It is perhaps doubtful if this step would make the sport particularly popular, but it would at least be given a fair chance for success...
...Edward Porritt, who is this year conducting History 12b, gave an interesting talk on "Provincial England" yesterday afternoon in Emerson J. The object of the lecture was to enable men who intend to go to England to visit with appreciation the points which are of interest from a social and economic point of view...