Word: wools
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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THERE will be a meeting of the Harvard Free Wool Club Monday at 7 p. m. in Sever 5 to take final action on the proposed amendment to the constitution...
...well-attended meeting of the Harvard Free Wool Club held last evening, the proposition of the executive committee to change the name of the organization to the "Harvard Reform Club" was thoroughly discussed. The president of the club, Mr. Gray, stated that the proposed change would in no way weaken the past support of the dogma of free raw materials but would include other reform doctrineswhich are now attracting widespread attention and which are claiming the support of all persons interested in the welfare of our national institutions...
...letter from R. H. Davis, president of the Union Club, was then read by the secretary. The purport of the letter was that the Free Wool Club would be considered one of the Union Clubs and therefore held to the usual yearly assessment. After some discussion, it was ascertained that the Free Wool Club had never officially assented to a proposition to belong to the Union Club." And a motion was made by one of the members "that the Free Wool Club does not consider itself bound to pay any assessment to the Union Club, for the reason that...
...will be wider but there will be nothing in such a name as the Harvard Reform Club which might make the most timid, suppose of ballot reformers, dread being compromised to free trade, as he might with some reason fear, by speaking publicly under the auspices of a Free Wool Club...
Under such conditions the Free Wool Club would be of great value to the University by reason of the opportunities it would afford to hear wellknown public men discuss in Cambridge questions of living interest. The men in the neighborhood of Boston alone who could, and who in all probability would, if invited, make addresses each on his own reform, present a most inviting lecture list, and would appreciably augment the already enviable reputation which Harvard holds for ever fostering the spirit of intelligent and honest politics...