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Inasmuch as a subscription of this sort never includes all who might subscribe, while the music is for the enjoyment of all members of the Dining Association, the cost of the music could very properly be added to the general expenses of the Hall. The trouble of collecting many small amounts would thus be avoided, while the charges distributed in such a way would not add appreciably to the individual bills of members...
Even at this late date a football song competition can be made of real advantage if men of musical ability will give time to the composition of effective tunes and appropriate words. Most of the songs which we now have are the product of former competitions of the same sort, and though they are excellent, there is a real need for several new songs of singable quality...
...torchlight parade is the accepted Harvard way of expressing undergraduate enthusiasm on great occasions. In this college generation there have been two celebrations of the sort, one to mark the tercentenary of the birth of John Harvard, and the other as the culminating feature of a political campaign. The present circumstances have more direct interest for the students than those attending either of the other parades, and consequently there is greater reason for wishing to make as impressive a showing as possible...
...first two weeks in October, the Prospect Union will conduct a campaign among the workingmen of Cambridge, Arlington, and Somerville with the purpose of telling these men just what the Union can do for them, and thus increasing its membership. During the past few years, a campaign of this sort has been made and has netted excellent results. For next fall it is planned to reach more men and to reach them more effectively. Arrangements will be made whereby men will be sent in the evenings to meetings of labor unions, social clubs, and church societies, and during the noon...
...having a competition, if the best competitor does not win out? The money itself is hardly a consideration, since there are other and less obnoxious ways of raising that. The sole actuating cause seems to be the idea that there must be a competition of some sort, while there is not enough other work to be done to try out the capacity of the contestants...