Word: sites
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...have read many theories in connection with the proposed site of the Harvard Union. I would like to give some facts. Facts which are the result of actual experiment and computation. I wish to show (1) That the proposed site on the corner of Quincy and Harvard streets is not "out of the way." (2) That each person's idea of the convenience of a situation is largely a matter of habit and custom...
...proposed site is within three minutes' walk from the following places: Memorial Hall, Holworthy Hall, Little's Block, and the corner of Dunster and Mt. Auburn streets. When one stops to consider that all the dormitories of the Yard, 16 private dormitories, countless lodging houses, and ten club houses are within three minutes of the proposed site, the complaint that the site is out of the way seems groundless. Of course if we could tear down some building in the Yard, and erect the club on its site, the walk to the club would be shortened by almost 100 seconds...
...Freshman year frequented Sanborn's ever thought of it as being "out of the way"? Those who went, went as a matter of course and never thought of the distance. Yet Sanborn's is less than 60 second's walk from the proposed site. When the Union is completed the Freshman class at least will form the habit of frequenting it. As they advance to be Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors, the habit will certainly stay with them to some extent. Moreover it will be the same way with each succeeding class, and the habit will finally become universal...
...suggestions that have been made with regard to the location of the Harvard Union, none have pointed out sites at once central and commanding. If we were willing to part with Dane Hall or Wadsworth House, should we also be willing to put what is to become the centre of all College life in a position where it would be cramped for space and where even the handsomest building must appear at a decided disadvantage? A man who has the proper conception of what the Harvard Union should be, cannot, on reflection, wish to put it off in a small...
...Concerning the site for the projected Union Club-house, my opinion is that the site now occupied by the "Co-operative is the poorest possible. Down on that noisy square, with no pleasant outlook, and squeezed into a corner,--the fact of this being in the College grounds is, in comparison with these disadvantage, of little weight. The location next, on the Foxcroft grounds, is a good one, were there no other available or mentioned; but it is at present away from the line of main movement, though not out of touch, being hard by Memorial Hall and many...