Word: membership
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE...
...committee which was appointed to conduct the election of officers of the Harvard Union for next year, was organized last night. As this committee will act temporarily as a membership committee, it will make the nominations for the officers, but independent nominations can also be made for any office, in the form of a petition signed by fifty members of the University. Every member of the University is eligible to vote at the first election, which will be held sometime during the first two weeks in May. Any suggestions concerning the election may be sent to the chairman...
VIII. It shall be in the power of the election committtee to act as a membership committee to elect life members...
Undoubtedly the membership of the Union would be larger at five dollars annual dues than at ten, but in estimating the possible receipts, mentioned in Tuesday's CRIMSON, the committee neglected to consider two other possible sources of income. The musical clubs and the Pierian Sodality, during the year, might each give at least one concert, the proceeds of which could be devoted toward reducing the annual expenses of the Union. Then, as there is plenty of talent among us, an annual play could be produced. The date of its performance could be arranged so that it would not interfere...
...regard to life membership, the committee wish to recommend: First, that the dues of graduates (and officers of instruction and government) as life members be fixed at fifty dollars; those of students, at seventy-five dollars. It is to be remembered that the great majority of the graduate life members will make but very occasional use of their privileges. It is hoped, on the other hand, that the custom may become common for newly arrived students to obtain life membership at once. Second, that the money received from life memberships be applied to the permanent expenses of the Union...