Word: matter
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...students altogether faultless in this matter. Many men have adopted the revolting habit of spitting in the corners or on the walls, where as we have said, the mop seems never to be applied...
...responsibility for these conditions, we are told, lies with the Gymnasium authorities, who are directly responsible to the corporation, and not with the inspector of Grounds and Buildings, as might be supposed. That the resident Executive Board has not taken the matter up has been through lack of any specific charges. Certainly such an excuse can no longer hold good. If use of the Gymnasium is to be more beneficial than dangerous, if the basketball team is to be given a fair chance, not only must the building be given a through renovation, but strict sanitary regulations must be enforced...
...lecturers themselves. In those rooms where there is no forced ventilation, and in the many where ventilation is inadequate, the only way that the air may be kept at all fresh is by a judicious use of the windows. If the lecturers and instructors would only give the matter a little personal attention, instead of relying on the chance public spirit of some member of the course, they would find the attention accorded their remarks noticeably improved...
...question next arises how any teams are to be supported from the general fund if subscriptions are abolished. As a matter of fact the total amount collected in subscriptions last year was $9,115.94. If this is subtracted from last year's surplus it leaves but $2,524.53, an amount hardly sufficient to pay the amount due on the Stadium, and at the same time to carry out the various necessary improvements, such as reclaiming the rest of Soldiers Field. It must be remembered, however, that last year the surplus was unusually small and that in average years a reserve...
...property of the University, but only for the reason that the Dining Association is not empowered to hold property in its own name. What is in reality an act of courtesy on the part of the Corporation is misconstrued by the Illustrated Magazine as "fleecing and extortion." As a matter of fact the full use of the plant is enjoyed by the Dining Association precisely as if it were its own property...