Word: canvasses
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Dates: during 1890-1890
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...regular monthly meeting of the Camera Club a committee of five was chosen to canvass the club with a view to making a collection of lantern shades and joining the American Amateur Photograph Union, G. M. Glessner '94 was elected to the club. In addition to the regular business an exhibition of photographs was held. A vote on the merits of the pictures resulted in awarding the diploma to G. M. Cushing '94 by a majority of one over Harold Gregory '92. The club now numbers over forty members and is in a very flourishing condition...
...most interesting picture in the collection now on exhibition at 401 Tremont St. is Millet's "Angelus," which is too familiar to need any comment. The paintings of Verestchagin immediately impress the spectator with their remarkable power. Many of them cover enormous canvasses, and give a wonderful effect of distance. Among the military scenes, "The Conquered" and "The Road of the War Prisoners" are the most striking. The painting of "Jesus in the Desert" gives an extraordinary sense of loneliness. The faces in the large groups and small portraits alike are executed with great care and individuality. Among the smaller...
...wish to protest against this kind of thing in a Harvard class day election; it is not fitting to the dignity of the occasion and moreover does not allow of a free expression of opinion. It is highly improper for a group of men to carry on a systematic canvass, to hold caucusses and make agreements for mutual benefit. A Harvard class day election, of all such occasions, should be a perfectly free expression of class feeling, indicative of the worth and popularity of those elected...
Elsewhere in the report the President appeals to individual munificence, but no one as yet has responded to this appeal. The students, therefore, have taken the matter into their hands and have decided upon active steps. In June last representatives of the various departments in the University voted to canvass the college this fall, in order to raise as large a subscription as possible among the students themselves, and then, by a circular-letter, to appeal to the Alumni for the rest. In answer to their inquiry, President Eliot replied that "a plain stone building of sufficient size, made fire...
...Each captain shall make a canvass of every man in his class at the beginning of the term and get out all good material...