Word: projects
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...student from each of the four classes. The Guild as first organized was allowed to lapse in consequence of Mrs. Fiske's bequest for the erection and maintenance of a hospital, but since this bequest is rendered inoperative by litigation, it has been thought best to reorganize the project...
...only be made to succeed by the most careful management. In course of time we may hope that a series of matches may be arranged between college teams, but we must be contented for the present with keeping alive what little interest there is, without endangering the whole project by trying to do too much. As to admitting graduates to the college clubs on an equal footing with the students, it would seem that this course has little to commend it, for it would be hardly just to allow older and more experienced shots to compete with...
...mind. The recent accident should have called sufficient attention to the subject to make this, in our opinion, a most fitting time for bringing up the matter again. And we do not doubt that if energetic steps were taken, enough interest would be taken to render the project thoroughly successful. In the early part of 1882 it was said that the probable cost of such a building as proposed would be about $50,000. And little doubt was entertained that the amount could be easily raised. It was moreover suggested that the site of the building be selected near Brighton...
...then, these two classes had not interest enough in the project to even nominate men for the club offices, it would seem to be just as well for the prosperity of the club that its officers should be men who take an active interest in its affairs even though they may happen to belong for the greater part to one class. In point of fact, however, the management of the club's affairs is in the hands of the board of directors, composed of representatives from each class, so there need be no fear that any partiality will be shown...
...late we would again emphasize the necessity of as many as possible putting down their names for the reading room at once before the book is closed. It ought not to be a difficult matter to obtain a hundred names, and yet it now seems as if the project would fall through entirely, as only about half the required number have signed. No doubt this is partly owing to the fact that many are unaware of the fact that the committee are prepared to receive subscriptions, while in many cases the pleasant weather has caused the students to forget...