Word: lasting
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...subject of the College Conference meeting tonight is Charity Work. Robert Treat Paine, President of the Boston Associated Charities, Mr. Birtwell, secretary of the Children's Aid society, and Professor F. G. Peabody will speak. The meeting will be in the same line as the one held last spring at Professor Peabody's house...
...annual meeting of the Lawn Tennis Association last night the following report of the treasurer was read and accepted...
...Last fall the rates for play were materially lowered. The system of season and coupon tickets was introduced, and has proved a great convenience to both players and managers. The reduction of rates caused a lessening in receipts, which was offset by greater economy in the management of the tournaments. The debt originally incurred for making the courts, has been reduced by $150 and now amounts to $250. The following is a summary of the accounts for the year...
...College Conference meetings, which have been held during the last three years with increasing interest and profit, will begin again tonight in Sever as announced in another column. To those who have already been in college a year these meetings need no recommendation. They have beyond a doubt proved their claim to student recognition and patronage. To those who are unacquainted with the purpose of the meetings, however, a word of explanation may be a kindness...
...meeting tonight is to be of peeutiar interest both in the speakers who are to open the discussion and in the question to be considered. Last year, it will be remembered, Professor Peabody held an informal meeting at his own home at which various schemes for student charitable work were discussed. At the meeting tonight this subject will be further considered under the leadership of Robert Treat Payne, president of the Boston Associated Charities, and C. W. Birtwell, secretary of the Children's Aid Society. It is earnestly hoped that some definite scheme for student charities may be made...