Word: objection
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...spite of the evident risk of repetition we wish to emphasize what seem to be features essential to a successful University Club. As its object is to produce greater unity of feeling and action, it must be made attractive to all men in College, no matter what their circumstances. Hence it must combine two qualities-powerful attractions, and very low dues. The building must supply some conveniences which even wealthy members of other clubs will find a use for, and the charge must be too light to deter any man from joining...
...University Club plan could make no greater mistake than to give even the slightest semblance of wishing to rush the scheme through. Nothing can be more important, even if the project is finally carried out, than that intelligent criticism be welcomed and given its full weight. The object of the meeting in the Fogg Museum tomorrow night, is not to carry any scheme through on a wave of popular enthusiasm. Mass meetings are often used for such purposes and it is doubtful whether in some cases they do not accomplish more harm than good...
Beside the lecture on "The Police Force as an Object Lesson in Applied Civics," the third in the series to be given by the Hon. Theodore Roosevelt '80, on April 13; Ex-Mayor Nathan Matthews '75, of Boston, will lecture April 6, on "Municipal Expenditure." Other lectures, the dates and exact subjects of which have not as yet been arranged, will be given by ex-Secretary Olney '58 L., and Mr. James C. Carter '50, President of the Harvard Club of New York, and of the Harvard Law School Association, and one of the leaders of the New York...
...withdrawal of the Weld Boat Club from the National Association is a step which on general principles deserves commendation. The work done last summer by the Weld eight which rowed at Philadelphia was to a certain extent useful in that it offered the men a definite object for their efforts at a rather critical period in the club's history. It also undoubtedly provided a certain amount of valuable experience for a green crew...
...Saturday morning President Eliot and other speakers addressed a meeting in Jacob Sleeper Hall, Boston, in favor of the series of University Lectures proposed by the Twentieth Century Club of Boston. The object of the course is to give to teachers and others in professional life near Boston the privileges of instruction such as is given in summer by the Harvard Summer School. The first course for this season will be given by Professor Royce of Harvard on "The Social Factors in the Development of Individual Minds," and will be held in Jacob Sleeper Hall at 9 o'clock beginning...