Word: social
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...past year of the Social Union was successful in that there was a marked increase of instructors and pupils in each department over the preceding year. The membership between October and May consisted of sixty men and one hundred and seventeen women, and the total attendance was 3,062. In all there were 34 classes in English, history, languages, mathematics, and natural science, in addition to seven special classes in music. As a result of the spirit manifested throughout the year, nine dramatic entertainments, two concerts and an operetta were given by the members...
...lectures on the theme of "Development of Educational Ideas and Institutions," two lectures will be given by Harvard professors. One will be delivered Feb. 24 by Professor Hanus on "Secondary Education and Its Development," and the other on March 8 by Professor Royce on "The Development of the Social Mind...
...reply to your query as to the position the Houston Club occupies as a social factor in the university, it seems hardly necessary to say that the hopes of those who were interested in its establishing have been most fully realized. It has brought together all classes and departments, has centralized all, or nearly all of the organizations which the university supports--its athletic association, publications, religious and literary societies, besides affording meeting rooms for committees and classes. It has become in fact the centre of university life. It is confined to no special department of the university...
...movement for a building to meet the religious and social needs of the students of the University of Pennsylvania was inaugurated by the Y. M. C. A. of that university on December 18, 1892, at a mass meeting of the students. $6000 was raised by subscription and the Houston family gave the rest of the money necessary to erect the club building. The hall was opened on the second of January, 1896, and the club formed, all students and alumni being eligible for membership. The annual dues are but two dollars, and these fees, together with the income from...
...next took up the mission of preparatory schools in fixing moral and social position, afterwards speaking briefly on the question of college expenses, and the preservation of student interests, and discussing at some length the value of athletic sports. He concluded by explaining the fundamental differences of Yale's organization from that of other American universities, comparing Yale with Oxford and Cambridge...