Word: movements
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...notice calling a meeting of all those men now at Harvard who have previously attended some other college, about fifty men assembled in Sever Hall, Saturday afternoon. Mr. F. B. Vrooman was chosen chairman and Mr. E. B. Delabarre, secretary. Mr. Delabarre then stated the object of the movement, saying that the main purpose was to correct wrong impressions of Harvard at the colleges and to testify to the success of the present system...
...meeting was marked by great enthusiasm and unanimity. Such a spirited beginning is ample assurance that the movement will be successfully carried...
...unanimous. There are one hundred and ten men now in the academic department who have come here from other colleges both for the greater personal freedom and the superior advantages for study which the Harvard system permits. United action by these men would be widespread in its effects. The movement is in the hands of energetic men and with proper co-operation a successful result is assured...
...reached. Just complaint has been made by the defenders of Harvard methods that the attacks upon her system are based in many instances, and especially in the college press, upon a misrepresentation or misunderstanding of the real state of things. It is to correct these mistakes that the present movement has been started. A meeting of all the men interested in this work has been called for Saturday. It is hoped that all will attend in order that a good impetus may be given. It is proposed to appoint a committee to draw up resolutions and make plans for effective...
...another column will be found an account of an important movement among the graduates of other colleges now attending Harvard. These men are familiar with both the conservative and liberal systems, and are therefore better fitted to judge than men who know but one side. That there is a great opportunity for such work as they propose to do is proved by the score of editorials which have appeared in the college papers founded, in most cases, as we believe, upon ignorance, not upon malice. The men who have come here from other colleges have been attracted by the superior...