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That in the niche at the upper end of Memorial Hall corresponding to the one containing the bust of General Bartlett, is soon to be placed a bust of the late Colonel Charles Russell Lowell...
...letter is also a personal assurance, based on his knowledge of the affairs of the society, that if this sum is raised, there will be in June a surplus of stock over liabilities. The society could never become a success so long as every summer it had to end the year without a clear surplus in the form of stock on hand. From the nature of the business, it is impossible to clear out and sell everything at the end of each year ; a certain amount of stock left on hand is inevitable ; and if this stock...
...their means are limited. Not having any regular athletic grounds, their opportunities for out-of-door games are rather poor. It is largely to this cause and the want of leisure hours that the "Tech" men have figured so poorly in athletics. Moreover, the spring term closing at the end of May brings the examination period so early that little time is afforded for practice at that season of the year. In-doors the men have their own gymnasium, which is but poorly fitted up, and the B. Y. M. C. A. gymnasium even nearer, of which many...
...agree with the directors that it is much better to close up the affairs of the society now, and pay all debts, than it would be to drag through the year and end up with a deficit, and an assessment that could never be collected. Such a failure as that would kill co-operation at Harvard. Such a one as they propose is merely the end of a partially successful experiment, and will without doubt lead to another in the future...
...running expenses of the society for the rest of the year, (5 months), cannot be safely estimated at less than $1750. The income for the same time cannot be placed higher than $800. At the end of the year. therefore, the society, instead of having as now, a surplus of $550, would be confronted with a deficit of $400. Furthermore, this deficit would be materially increased by a forced sale, at a most unfavorable time of the year, of the society's stock, for the society would have to meet its obligations in June...