Word: plans
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...mostly by members of the University for the proposed workingmen's reading room on Washington street, Boston. Either this week or next, the committee in charge is to make a canvass of the various buildings. The reading room will probably be opened immediately after the Christmas recess, and the plan now is to have a concert of popular music by the college band on the opening night...
...doubted that even in the colleges which are free from that particular disadvantage, much might be gained by the establishment of an athletic club-house. It is a good thing to have the men eat together, and better yet to have them live together. The practical working of the plan will be watched with much interest...
...seems that such a plan cannot but meet with general favor. The committee says only too truly that many men loose as much in vitality as they gain in mental strength while at Harvard, simply because they do not realize that a good body to work with is worth much more through life than a little extra cramming while in college. But this is not the only side. There are many men who do not take enough healthy exercise simply because they are too indolent. They not only wrong themselves but their college also. There are instances...
...first part of the plan, which concerns the manner of nomination, the committee recommends its adoption, and is of opinion that it will prove to be an excellent change...
After examining the second part of the plan, consisting of the secret ballot system of election, the committee considers this portion also to offer a desirable improvement. Certain practical difficulties have, however, suggested themselves at this point. The chief of these is, that no man who is defeated as a candidate at the top of the ticket can be nominated for a place lower down, since no man can be nominated for more than one place...