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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...meeting of the committee, with the advisory members, held last week, the following plans were offered: A shelf in the Library reading room will shortly be reserved for the current literature on the subject of Boys' Clubs, Visiting of Hospitals and the Poor, Charity Organizations, and other similar philanthropic movements. The committee propose to hold during the year several evening conferences open to all students, to be addressed by prominent specialists in charity work. After the principal address, the meetings will be thrown open for general discussion. Excursions, also, will be conducted by Mr. Birtwell to the various organized charities...
...imperfections in our free institutions are magnified. - (a) Similar evils in the past have been met. - (1) Shay's Rebellion, Van Holst I, 35. - (2) Whiskey Rebellion, Van Holst I, 97. - (3) Slavery. - (b) Even supposed dangers have hopeful aspects; C. W. Eliot in Forum XVIII...
...impossible to finish a game called at four o'clock, the unusual privilege of beginning at half past three was granted the managers, who in return undertook to guarantee that no students having half past two recitations would cut them on account of the game. As the granting of similar favors in the future will be largely dependent on the result of the experiment today, it is all-important that no ground for complaint be given the faculty. It is almost needless to point out that even if a man be five or ten minutes late today he will...
...Canadian Club held its second meeting of the year Saturday evening at its club rooms. A communication was read from members of Chicago University, who desire to form a similar organization there. It was voted to request Attorney-General Longly of Nova Scotia, who is expected in Boston soon, to address the next meeting. The principal event of the evening was an interesting talk by Henry Sandham on "Artists and some of the people they meet...
...committee similar to the one suggested in this vote has existed in Boston, having only a veto power except in such instances as they may be asked by the city or by private bodies, to undertake voluntarily the task of deciding on the merits of certain locations or designs...