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Discussion at the University Forum which met in the Union last night came freely from all parts of the floor and gave a clear expression of undergraduate opinion on the subject of a new Gymnasium. While the attendance came largely from the undergraduate body of the University, as could be expected from the nature of the subject under consideration, every man who spoke had strong and clear convictions on the question and appeared desirous of impressing them upon the remainder of the Forum. The discussion more closely resembled the meeting of an executive committee than that of a debating society...
...organization of the Forum as a permanent institution is the outgrowth of widespread agitation for the formation of a medium through which the sentiment of the student body toward student problems might be made known. The discussion will be entirely informal, being open to the floor after a few short introductory speeches have been made. The decision reached at the end of the evening will receive serious consideration by the Student Council, and may lead to direct practical results...
That the University Forum is to be held in the Union this evening is welcome news to all who are interested in the success of these two institutions and wish to see them attain their maximum efficiency. The Union as the centre of undergraduate life and the common meeting place of students should by all means be the home of the University Forum, for it thereby comes nearer to fulfilling its own purpose. The signal success of the Oxford Union is in large measure due to the fact that the Oxford forums are held there. Conversely, the results...
...Forum this evening is particularly important because of the nature and weight of the question to be threashed out. Plans for a new gymnasium have been agitated and proposed for years, but have remained nothing more than idle dreams. At the meeting this evening the opportunity is offered for undergraduates to express their views on the subject and to advance whatever solutions of the problem they may have worked out. This undergraduate opinion is exactly the thing needed. What is said this evening in the Union will bring to the attention of the University authorities just what the undergraduates feel...
...University Forum in the Dining Room of the Union. Subject: "A New Gymnasium...