Word: wisconsin
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...succeeded not by the use of well-written English, but by that very spirit of interest which Mr. Potter lacked. "Harvard Men in American Painting" does no little credit to C. H. Smith '15 for the material which he has collected. The tribute to President Lowell reprinted from the Wisconsin Magazine makes pleasant reading for us who have known him as President. Wrestling receives due attention from C. F. Maxwell '14 and P. Withington '09. And then D. R. Gray '15 bemoans the fact that a college graduate does not know the difference between a stock and a bond...
There are Institutions comparable to the Harvard Union in a great many of the other universities and larger colleges, and those of Brown, Yale, Michigan, and Wisconsin have been selected for a comparative review. It will be found that all of these organizations share in the purpose of providing a comfortable and convenient meeting place for the university at large, and of furnishing a common attraction for a great cosmopolitan group...
...Union of the University of Wisconsin has been chosen as another example of a western college institution. It is not yet housed in its own building, renting parts of the Y. M. C. A. for its purposes. Its aim, however, is much the same as that of the other Unions, the general purpose being to minister to the social needs of the male students of the University. If anything, it leans more to efforts of furnishing this entertainment by way of dances, "mixers," and smokers than the Unions of the other colleges...
Membership Free at Wisconsin...
...chief source of income of the Wisconsin Union are the dances, vaudeville performances, billiards, pool, and candy stand. All male students are members of the Union so that the problem of finances presents a severe difficulty. As a result, those forms of entertainment which might in any way be lucrative have been resorted to. For the dances, Lathrop Hall, the social institution for the women of the University, is at present rented, and the vaudeville bills are presented in the gymnasium, so that the need of a central building is keenly felt. The activities are managed and directed by various...