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...much has been accomplished. More entertainments have been provided this year than ever before, and everything in the power of the committee has been done to increase the membership and make the Union more attractive. If anything is to be deplored in the administration it is the miserably small membership. As the Union is practically dependant for its support on the size of its active list and consequent income it cannot be blamed for not carrying out every theoretically desirable improvement when but about fifty per cent of each class join. Many schemes of great value have...
...membership in the Union up to April 1, 1904, is 4481 as against 4473 for the same time last year. The small gain was made through the graduate members. There have been 77 life members added to the list during the past year, and the non-resident membership has increased 30. There has been, however, a falling off in the student membership. The reason for this, so far as the committee has been able to find out, is financial, and considered the result of the general poor financial condition of the student body this year. The active membership...
...view of the small attendance at the meetings to amend the Union Constitution, it is hoped that all members will be present at the meeting tonight...
...departure a successor was appointed, not elected; at the meetings of the committee some members almost made it a business to stay away, or if present took no active part in the affairs they were elected to transact. The Membership Committee this year was lax in performing the small amount of business its duties called for: five men not members of the Union were nominated for officers; the list of nominees was representative of a particular class of men and not of the University; the number of men required by the Constitution was not nominated; all the undergraduate nominations were...
Owing to the small number of times the class crews have rowed together, their work is not as far advanced as it should be so short a time before the race. The Senior crew is the farthest advanced; their blade work is good and they row well together, but have a tendency to slowness in starting the recover. The make-up of the Junior and Sophomore crews has been considerably changed lately, but they have nevertheless improved greatly in the last few days. The Law School crew has not attempted to adopt the new stroke introduced this year...