Word: matters
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...company which will give grand opera for at least three months of the year. The ground for the building, which will be erected near Symphony Hall, has been donated by Mr. Eben D. Jordan, who has also offered to defray the expense of building the hall if necessary. The matter is in the hands of a preliminary committee, which will soon be organized into a permanent body and will eventually be formed as the proprietary company of the house. The theatre will be built on the style of the Manhattan Opera House in New York, and will be of sufficient...
...University orchestra the success of the Union pop night was largely duo, and credit should be given to the leader and players for the hare work and self sacrifice which enabled them to give pleasure to so many last night. It is no easy matter to prepare and render a program to the satisfaction of a large audience which is friendly but critical. We hope that during the winter months there may be several repetitions of last night's entertainment...
...Harvard, submitted, at the last meeting of the Corporation, a proposal for a John Harvard clock, to be subscribed for by all members of the University, and to be located on the front of University Hall, facing the Johnston Gate. The Corporation has declined to take action on the matter, until complete plans and estimates have been received from the designers, McKim, Meade and White. This will not be until after the Christmas recess...
Owing to the unusually short time between the appointment of the Senior nominating committee and the Christmas recess, this body will be obliged to condense much careful thinking and discussion within the space of as very few days. Rather than pass over this important matter too hastily, it might be better to postpone at least one of the elections until after the recess. Previous classes have found, however, that the committees must begin work immediately after the election. If, therefore, it seems desirable to hold both elections next week, the members of the nominating committee must arrange to sacrifice everything...
Doubtless the authorities feel justified this year in demanding strict attendance to the end, for according to the Catalogue, the vacation does not properly begin until Monday, and by that time all except the far-westerners will be at home. As a matter of fact no one can logically deny that the work of this semester ends on Saturday, December 21, and it is grossly unfair to allow the Massachusetts men to begin their enjoyment at that time, while the rest are still in the throes of sleeping car inconvenience. Harvard is an eastern University. The western representation is proportionately...