Word: projections
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...quickening interest in public debates which has made itself manifest of late throughout the country has suggested the idea of a league between all the college debating societies. This idea bids fair to be realized by a project in which the New Harvard Union is now engaged. A circular has been sent by this society to the debating organizations in Yale, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania, Columbia, and other institutions. This circular invites these other debating societies to elect delegates for the purpose of forming a union which then would rapidly be enlarged so as to include more and more...
...success of the project seems assured. Yale has pronounced herself in favor of the plan and has elected W. H. Leete and U. E. Thoms, delegates. U. of P. has also elected delegates, and Princeton will elect delegates during the week. The other universities will undoubtedly join the plan. A conference is likely to be held at the Harvard-Princeton debate in Princeton. Harvard's delegates are C. Vrooman and H. C. Metcalf...
...second petition to flood Holmes Field for a skating pond was refused by the Corporation at their last meeting. With this final decision the project will have to be abandoned...
...should begin with his classmates and their generous subscription of ten thousand dollars and promise of further support, should be a good example to call forth further subscriptions from every man who wishes to honor the memory of Phillips Brooks, and have a share in the completion of a project which he so greatly favored and worked for. It is sincerely to be hoped that the necessary sum will be raised by Commencement time...
...gratifying to see the project now taken hold of systematically by the classmates of Phillips Brooks. Circulars have been drawn up under the direction of Mr. Edwin H. Abbot, secretary of the class of '55, stating in full the need and appropriateness of the proposed building and calling for voluntary subscriptions. These circular letters, together with clippings from the various papers containing articles relative to the subject, will be sent to all the living graduates of Harvard and every effort will be made to push the scheme through successfully...