Word: westing
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...college in various parts of the country have considered the advisability of uniting to secure the representation of some particular section of the country on the Board of Overseers. As has been already stated in this column such a movement is on foot at present in the West. In view of the fact that we are all to have a vote in the selection of Overseers in a few years it is quite in place that there should be a brief statement of the arguments on both sides of the question...
...authorities of the college are, we believe, not especially favorable to this movement in the West and South for representation. The reason advanced is that the chances are largely that men from near the University will give more valuable service as Overseers. An indispensable requisite to valuable service from Overseers is faithful attendance at all the meetings of the Board. And could men from the South and West do this? And even if they could be here for the regular meetings, would they be available for service on committees or other duties? Moreover, men selected from Massachusetts and the other...
...fresh energy to arouse them to their best expression. Besides Harvard has a duty to the country outside of New England. The argument for restricting the choice of Overseers to New England is largely a selfish one, and a great university has no right to be selfish. In the West and South they are grappling with the problems of education which have been gone all over here. A man trained by the experience of service with such a body as our Board of Overseers would be invaluable in those sections. They need the knowledge which we have to give them...
These considerations are certainly urged with considerable force by the alumni of the West and South. Under certain conditions we conceive that they would be sufficient to carry the day. It would be as necessary that an Overseer from either of those sections should attend the meetings of the Board regularly in order to secure to the section he represents the advantages which it claims to seek as to give to the University the service which it deems essential from an Overseer. If a man can be found in the West who can and will take the time to attend...
...idea of University Extension is becoming more and more prevalent throughout the country and with the spreading of the idea new dignity and importance are being attached to the movement itself. The people of the West have begun to take an active interest in the cause and this interest has shown itself in the formation of the Chicago Society for University Extension. Prominent citizens of Chicago together with the State Universities of Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin, the Northwestern University, Lake Forest University, Beloit College, the University of Chicago and Wabash College, have united their efforts and organized...