Word: projects
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...editorial articles in the current number of the Advocate commend the project to set up a memorial to Dean Shaler in the Union, and propose the formation of a University dramatic association to produce modern English plays. Mr. Bowles' short story, "All in the Same Boat," is a new variation on an old theme, treated in melodramatic fashion. In the other piece of fiction, by Mr. Edgar, a more experienced hand is recognized in both construction and narration. A title more significant than "The Grind" would be "The Cad." It is to be hoped that students like Thurman...
...annual meeting of the Class Secretaries' Association last February, the project of a Harvard Club for Boston was discussed and a committee appointed to consider the matter in detail and to submit a report of their recommendations on the matter to the Secretary of the Association. This committee, composed of Thomas P. Beal '69, chairman, Arthur Adams '99 and Roger Ernst '03, have endeavored to ascertain the general sentiment of the graduates on this matter and the feasibility of the plan and will publish their report in the near future...
There has recently been revived among influential alumni the project for the construction of a boulevard from the Charles River Road to Quincy square by way of De Wolf street, thus forming a connecting link between the Parkway and the University grounds. Such a scheme has been talked of for many years, but only assumed definite shape in 1902, when a committee of alumni was formed to consider the matter. Plans were drawn and approved by the Cambridge Board of Survey, but the City Government refused to consider the matter on the ground of expense. At present, the Cambridge Park...
...French society at Yale has already made up the team which will debate, and especial interest has been shown because of the fact that the project of a Harvard-Yale debate in French has long been discussed. As yet only a provisional team of two men has been chosen by the Cercle Francais, consisting of C. D. L. Phelps '07 and H. von Kaltenborn sC., but a third member of the team cannot be satisfactorily found. M. L. Allard of the Ecole Normale, instructor in French, will coach the team. Any men who can speak French and have ability...
...proposals for the new building were everywhere met with great interest and enthusiasm not only by alumni of the University, but also by many other prominent citizens interested in music. As the results of his efforts the Harvard clubs in each city have undertaken to create interest in the project and so to raise subscriptions. The number of Harvard graduates in these cities is very large, and much interest is being aroused in the plans for the erection of the building...