Word: standpoint
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Eliot. President Eliot spoke in detail of the purposes of the Union, and of its possibilities in bringing together under conditions of perfect equality all men in the University, of whatever associations and interests. Malcolm Donald '99, following President Eliot, spoke of the Union and its future from the standpoint of the undergraduate. C. Warren '89 read a poem to the Union, and J. H. Hyde '98 spoke of the early growth of the idea for the Club...
...fully represent the superiority of Harvard, as fumbling and interference twice prevented scoring, once in the first half on Columbia's seven yard line and again in the second half on Columbia's 15 yard line. The first was the better of the two halves from a Harvard standpoint, as in it Columbia secured the ball only twice and neither time could make the necessary distance. In the second half Columbia twice advanced the ball for first downs and also held Harvard for downs on Columbia's 15 yard line...
Viewed from this standpoint, a yearly fee of $10.00 is unjustifiably large. Houston Hall is said to be the best example of this sort of a club in this country. The annual dues there are $2.50. Possibly circumstances may be enough different with us to warrant a charge of $5.00, but this seems to me the extreme limit: and a lower charge is highly desirable...
...after dinner speakers spoke from an independent standpoint, and no direct reference was made to the proceedings of the morning...
...provide a sheltered place on which to sit outdoors, witho t darkening the interior as a covered piazza would do. This entrance opens direct y into the large living-room on the first floor, which is to be the principal room of the building, both architecturally and from the standpoint of the life of the club. This room will be forty feet wide by ninety feet long and will stretch up through all three floors to a roof of open timbers. There will be a high wainscot of oak around all the walls, which will be enriched by the seals...