Word: membership
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...three old societies that no one wishes to see injured, or with the two smaller ones, of which the counterparts are to be found at Oxford as well. The former are essentially class societies, and, as such, will always be strong; the latter have a limited membership, confined to the most popular men in college; none of them would clash with a club like the Union...
...essentially, a city club, with such modifications as life at the University calls for; its active membership is consequently very large, - twelve hundred or more, - about one-half of the undergraduates; it is a club for the whole University, open to men who have just matriculated as well as to those who have been up for several years, and to former members who happen to be in Oxford; while strangers may be "put down" for a month by any undergraduate or graduate member...
...obtain seats, and at the present time there are between twenty and thirty who are obliged to wait for seats to be vacated by others before being able to take their meals. It is, of course, obvious that it is very desirable for the association to raise its membership to as large a number as possible; for each additional member who comes to the hall now increases the expense of the association by a small fraction only of what he contributes to its support. It has been suggested that more tables be put in the hall, but the Corporation think...
...bachelor's room is always a mirror of his character,' said a literary-looking young lady. 'Behold this filthy pipe, - he is a smoker; observe those German favors, - he is a society man; witness the publicity of these certificates of society membership, - he is conceited...
...intention of the Harvard Club of New York to test the question whether graduates non-residents of Massachusetts are eligible to membership in the Board of Overseers, touches a subject of interest to all connected with the University. It appears that this is not the first time that this question has been discussed. In 1873, when ex-President Hill, who was then an Overseer, thought of removing to Maine, it was his opinion that inhabitancy in Maine would not render him ineligible; but the Board of Overseers, acting in accordance with the advice of Messrs. E. R. Hoar...