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...themselves to some interest which they have in common, we see no reason why they should not do so. But if these men will leave some older organization, which needs their support, to start a new one, which may fall to pieces after a short and precarious existence, we think they should consider well before making the attempt. It is better to have a few well-supported institutions than a great many weak and in debt; and, judging from reports, we already have more societies and clubs than men can find time to attend to. If we go on, every...
...another column will be found an abstract of the discussion which was carried on in the Nation this summer in relation to the Divinity School. We cannot but think that the ground taken by the Nation is the right one, and that it was a mistake for President Eliot to come forward so prominently and solicit subscriptions for the school. We are sure that President Eliot, after having done so much to give Harvard a national position, would not intentionally take any step to diminish its claim to that position; but it certainly seems to us that his solicitation...
...large a number as possible; for each additional member who comes to the hall now increases the expense of the association by a small fraction only of what he contributes to its support. It has been suggested that more tables be put in the hall, but the Corporation think that the hall is crowded enough already, and would not consent to this plan, even if the Directors were in favor of it. It is evident, however, that something must be done soon if those who have already left are to be brought back, or even if all of those...
...WISH to give two reasons why the attempt to force us to employ the janitors as scouts seems to me wholly unjustifiable. One would think that the reasons would be apparent to any honest and fair-minded man. In the first place, this move of the Bursar's is nothing more than an attempt, which might almost be called underhanded, to get from the students more money to pay the current college expenses than is given by the regular stated college fees. It is apparent enough that the janitors, regular college employees, are underpaid with the understanding that they shall...
...will allow me to mention that the motive of most of the gentlemen who have contributed to this endowment was, I think, the support of theological teaching of a perfectly unsectarian character. That was precisely what interested them in this movement...