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...founded on broad and hospitable lines, would serve to bind together the various athletic, social and intellectual interests of the students, and would do for Harvard what the unions at Cambridge and Oxford in England have done for these universities. It is also intended that the proposed club shall afford a meeting place for graduates who visit Cambridge...
...attributed (I do not say rightly, but speak only of opinions among college men) in part to developments in intercollegiate athletics outside the control of her students, and in part to her unwillingness to rival other universities by admitting the evils of professionalism in her management. She can afford, indeed, to let it be supposed that her prestige rests on more important achievements than muscular prowess-pleasant as that prowess is to her friends...
...believed that these talks will afford the members of the club an excellent opportunity for obtaining information about the reform of the Civil Service, from men who have made a careful study of the subject. The talks often the additional advantage of bringing the members together informally, so that they may talk over the work of the club and make suggestions to the executive committee...
...back fence, too, is not built with a view to resist the pell mell onslaught of such a mass. Yesterday's course, which went through a score of yards, resulted in some destruction of property and probably aroused considerable ill-feeling against the college. This last we cannot well afford to do. I believe the full benefits of this worthy sport may be obtained without our becoming a nuisance to the community...
...dignity of man." Yet it is the Harvard undergraduates who have for years supported the Prospect Union; who, under the watchword of "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity," have furnished an eager corps of instructors to hundreds of the artisan class who longed for the education they could in no other way afford the time or money to obtain...