Word: membership
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Still voicing defiance, Beck told the AFL-CIO Ethical Practices Committee its charges--which could lead to ouster of the Teamsters Union from the labor federation--constituted "malicious and unfounded slander of our membership and our official family, local and national...
...Club this year voted on the basis of the "slate system." A committee of Club executives, past and present, selected four groups of four plays each and submitted them to the membership of the Club as a whole for consideration. Voting was for a particular group rather than for individual plays...
...College unity cracked under the influence of more attractive and exclusive organizations--it was becoming a club for those who had no club. True, organizations meeting within its walls kept the building occupied and officers of "The House of Fellowship" maintained undergraduate prestige, but by 1908 dues-paying membership had declined to less than two thousand...
...University opinion was beginning to wonder if the Union wasn't a failure after all. A few voices advocated putting membership dues on the term bill, but this attempt to co-erce Harvard into saving "Harvard Democracy" lost. Even freshmen could no longer be persuaded that it was their duty to join the Union...
World War I almost ruined the Harvard Union financially and it remained for the firm hand of the University itself to bring order from chaos. A rejuvenation of dues-paying membership followed the move, since confident student officers now ran contests, sponsored concerts, and offered a number of exciting war heroes and stimulating politicians as speakers. Prizes were offered for the best billiard player, pool player, and "that freshman member who at midyears, has achieved highest standing in studies and activities." Democratic Presidential Candidate James M. Cox stopped by to speak on his "whirlwind tour of New England...