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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...October, 1900, a committee was appointed, which has reported in favor of the enlargement and the purchase of the adjoining lot on 45th street, an opportunity for the purchase of which is open. In view of the large debt which the addition would place upon the Club--the purchase price of the land amounting to $121,000 and the cost of the proposed extension reaching $75,000--it was decided to raise $50,000 through personal contributions, and to carry the remainder of the amount temporarily in mortgages at four per cent. The committee entrusted with procuring the funds...
...centre and guard positions on the football team next fall are urged to join the gymnasium squad which will begin work next week. This squad will report to C. A. Barnard on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons at 4 o'clock. Light work will be taken with a view to keeping the men from becoming too heavy during the winter...
...speaking for the University Associates, Mr. E. R. Champlin said that if the Parkway was to be made it should be done immediately in view of the fact that the narrow streets running from Quincy square to the river are rapidly being choked with expensive buildings which will soon make the improvements impossible. Mr. Champlin gave as reasons for the Parkway: first, it would be of great convenience to the public in serving as a terminus for the driveway from Boston to Cambridge; second, DeWolf street is the best sight for the Parkway, as it is the shortest route from...
...next contest between Harvard and Yale and Oxford and Cambridge will take place, but I think the challenge or invitation should come from alternate countries and not necessarily from a defeated team. In may opinion it would be a pity to hold these sports annually, and I believe this view is supported by the athletes of the universities concerned. If the sports were held at short intervals there would be a tendency for the interest to wane, there would also be a difficulty regarding university arrangements, and it might not always be easy to meet the expenses. Moreover...
Phillips Brooks said that every man's stock of knowledge should be such that he would not be ashamed to expose it to the full view of all men. And when one stops to consider it, there are sufficient reasons why one's attitude towards what is unclean should be the attitude of whole-souled, strong-willed ignorance...