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The London sky lowered and thunder rolled in the distance as Harold Macmillan, pale and humorless, rose in the House of Commons last week to put an 'official stamp on the greatest British diplomatic reverse since Munich. "Her Majesty's Government," announced the Prime Minister, "can no longer...
Since Major Higginson intended the Union, like all democratic institutions, to be self-supporting, its overseers rapidly constructed a system of officer elections and dues to sustain the clubhouse. The Harvard Union offered speakers, pre-game rallies, post-game dances, debates, discussions--to its members. The restaurant and snack bar...
In absence of great physical change, however, the Union was losing its status in the social scene. As might have been expected, the Union's veneer of College unity cracked under the influence of more attractive and exclusive organizations--it was becoming a club for those who had no club...
In 1912, University opinion was beginning to wonder if the Union wasn't a failure after all. A few voices advocated putting membership dues on the term bill, but this attempt to co-erce Harvard into saving "Harvard Democracy" lost. Even freshmen could no longer be persuaded that it was...
World War I almost ruined the Harvard Union financially and it remained for the firm hand of the University itself to bring order from chaos. A rejuvenation of dues-paying membership followed the move, since confident student officers now ran contests, sponsored concerts, and offered a number of exciting war...