Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-19
FOR BROADER LIFE.
Movement Toward a Great Uni
versity Club at Harvard.
Students Desiring an Organization SUI
perior to the Small Cliques Hold a
Rousing Mass Meeting,

Cambridge, Mass, Jan. 1s.--A mass
meeting of Harvard students was held
in the large hall of the Fogg Museum,
this evening. to consider the formation
Of university club open to all mem
bers and graduates OF the university.
Every available inch of space was ia
ken, and hundreds Of students crowded
around the doors.
President James H. Perkins of the Sc
nior class was in the chair, and after
stating the object of the meeting. called
upon G. G. Murchie, '95, Of the law
school, coach Of this years winning
freshmen eleven. Mr.. Murchie called
attention to the peculiar conditions of
Harvard life which made the University
Club especially desirable. The individ-
ualistic spirit led men to go to Harvard
to make the most Of themselves, while
men went to other colleges to make the
most OF the colleges. He thought an
admixture of this college spirit was
needed at Harvard. to remind men Of
the existence OF a. whole university,
apart from the interests of the small
clubs and cliques.
Malcolm Donald, '99, president of the
junior class, Capt Goodrich Of the crew,
and Charles erik, the senior class ora
tor. made short but eloquent speeches in
support Of the plan.
The following motion was then unan-
imously voted by reclamation:
Resolved. that we, the members Of
Harvard University, IN mass meeting
assembled, do express 1t as our earnest
opinion that there is a great and an in
creasing need of a university club con-
tanning conveniences such as will at
tract men of all circumstances, with an
nual dues sufficiently low to deter no
man from Joining. We think the social
condition at Harvard will be greatly
changed for the better by the erection
of building containing a large assem-
bly, room, a trophy room, hall for the
musical clubs and the debating soc:e-
ties, offices for the college publications
and the managers of athletic organiza-
tions, baths and a swimming tank, a
billiard room, lounging and reading
room, a first-claes restaurant and
separate lunch room, and few suites
Of rooms to be used In entertaining
visitors OF the university. We feel con-
fident that such a club would be of
great practical benefit to the various
| undergraduate organizations; that it
would do much to unity the now widely
separating interests of the university,
that it would have the effect of broad
enlng and enriching the individual life
or every student at Harvard.
understanding that the graduate COM
mittee now in existence which has the
subject Of university club under con-
sideration, does not feel sure Of under
graduate support, we wish by our action
| tonight to assure them of that support
as emphatically as we are able, request
ing that they give the matter immedi-
ate consideration, and communicate
with us thereon as soon as possible.
The meeting also voted to empower
the presidents of the four classes to APP
: point committee of FIVE, including two
men from two Of the upper classes and
one sophomore. This committee is to
canvass the university and find out ex-
actly how many men would join the
club if it were started. The committee
is to be perpetuated from year to year
until the university club is completely
organized 1t was evident from the
spirit of the meeting that the under
graduates will mot be satisfied with any
thing but an immediate action in the d.
rection of reorganization. A committee
Of ten graduates, of which Charles f.
Adams, '55, is chairman, has full power
in the matter, and probably will meet
in the near future.
The meeting closed with prolonged
cheers for Harvard. 1t was the first
mass meeting held at Harvard for many
years, and though soberly conducted,
showed all the loyalty that could be
desired.