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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Owing to the very unsatisfactory relation of the Union to the student body, the Student Council has appointed a committee to investigate and report on the advisability of submitting to the vote of the classes in college a plan of compulsory membership in the Union. The committee has reason to believe that in the event of a satisfactory vote from the classes, the corporation would look with favor upon the plan. The difficulty of the situation arises from the fact that the Union is now supported by voluntary membership, but is used to a greater or less extent by everyone...
When the plan was proposed to the authorities, everything was halted: one dissenting vote was cast. It was claimed that since the pool was to be below the surface of the ground and could not be reached by sunlight, it would be unsanitary. The facts, however, have been stated by Professor George Whipple and Mr. Melville C. Whipple, who have made a scientific study of swimming pools, and improved the Boston and Cambridge, Y. M. C. A. pools recently by their direction. They prove the contrary...
...officers of the Phillips Brooks House Association for the ensuing year will be held at Phillips Brooks House today. The polls will be open from 8.30 to 5 o'clock. All members of any of the constituent societies or of the Phillips Brooks House Association are eligible to vote. Voting will be by Australian ballot...
Suppose a man of recognized ability fails to win a managership because he is surpassed by someone of exceptional ability. By the terms of the resolution he may then, by vote of the managers, enter late a competition in another sport which has already started. Having been discussed by the managers, he is a marked man. He enters the new contest under advantageous conditions. This is the first step in introducing partiality. When two or more capable men meet defeat in the first competition, further complications arise. For then, jockeying and bartering will occur among the managers for their further...
...election will take place at the annual business meeting to be held in the parlor of Phillips Brooks House this evening at 7 o'clock. A vote will also be taken on changes in the Constitution, which are now posted on the bulletin board at Phillips Brooks House...