The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-13
THE HARVARDUNlON NOWOpEN
a NEW SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
WITH A FINE HOME.
Its Purpose ID to Foster tho University
Spirit st Cambridge and 20 Mako
hc students Acquainted -started
BY Ceuereus Ctfts BY Graduates.

a@tNf'hs w hihi NaId NHlpn, among UNDER
graduates. graduates and college ~instruc-
tors. Tho union 10 an experiments Of Just
three weeks standing. the door OF lie
new building In Quincy street having been
opened on sept. n. the day ptud.nts re-
ported for work NJ the university. IL
has already attained a membership OF
about $500. OF this number about LOO
are undergraduates. al equal number
ara graduate members and about $50 are
life members. A the college year nd
vanccs tho officers Of the union expec, to
see the membership greatly increased.
just now the union is answering all tho
purposes for which 1t was instituted, namely,
TO bring the departments Of Harvard
into a better mutual understanding. and 10
afford n centre for the formation 81 a gen-
eral public spirit In the university and
especially In the college which viii take
tho place OF the class spirit 81 a genera
uon ago. A. a prominent Harvard man
said last evening
The aim OF the union Is TO afford oppor-
tunities for the fellows 10 get acquainted
with one another In past years. a man
sometimes knew only "a few 81 the students,
with WHOM he came In daily contact. OF
course the athletic gang became acquainted
and the society gang got to know one an
other very well. but a. a general thing.
men rarely knew any Of the students out
side Of their little cliqucs.
with the union crowded with useful and
! entertaining books and periodicals and
works Of art. all tending 20 improve a man
intellectually. tho hall Is hound To become
the lounging place Ol students Instructors
and graduates at times when their studies
dc not require their attention Miugliug
y A. q 80 ~. ILL., Ual .A.HIH .Lf.
better acquainted with fellows they would
not have known In months Of ordinary
college life.
Whether the union will at once bccumo
a success ~ a very doubtful question, but
the opening IL certainly very au~picipus.
In my mind. therc II No doubt that IA tho
years to come, tho Harvard Union will
become tho centre Of a strong university
spirit
Menlrrship In the union il divided
into tive classes. Al students - tho uni
Ner-lty whether attending the college
pro- Ter or any a. ia" various professional
school- connected with II, are eligible 20
active membership, the ic" t"ing $40 a
year. Graduates residing within twenty
live miles Of Cambridge and officers Of tho
university can become associate membef
upon payment 81 8. foT graduates re-
siding outside the twcniy-tvc-mil" limit
IA NONRESIDENT membership has ts"n -
tahltshed. the yearly dues. tslng s.. Gradu-
atcs Of Harvard not at present attend
Ing any 81 tho graduate schools ar" clgtDl"
to life membership upon payment OF 80
~" ~ - uarrarJ atta,di,,
NIueu y 49, n = e.. - r. "aN
il SIS. only active and life members have
the privilege 81 voting upon club matters.
Besides teing "A place wherc students
cAh n~L 80 Il, -, Yhich rrrynis.s
SN"n- - Id. All
~ U.n -. IN - FL, ,,oaL.
~ and ON W"ndny tive training table. /
.heiy' ~ ~ ,nan Iii 'asII'Lci
iot ,h" Ioou"i tn -. 60 $500
to the football piSysrs a, PHI In rhtsNT
~ a'Na"I :, 80 VIA "a 4, J.. caIl,-i
~ piolSs~nu !" ~ - din,., -
the lthin.'R- la.h' TTn"" am iii -,
s"nns I a. ,ch.ur a. cc,,z
'"rrrtnh1 - !, nfrn \. a., a r.v ,La,
~" - ,s-o xNliiam n Thay,r
"a - ",o,,,,iv Uarrn,f HraJugt,s'
SIlVol ol VIC 80 ,a,r ",hcr. c,rc.i,,J
nusIS'" NM N rn,,oJ ,,ni..rs;,y
W" li"a vl sun Nh Tnn'
SIup ahn iouIl'r lahan. 49,. %.
I'M a., de W., ~, Tho tbeas of The founders
and uiu nov me- w 80 ~ ,ra".n,
Lttle WIS uo,S 'S.nn - ,sos II ~ SOC
scileihe unih w" az W -, 80. -
when m'%,ilsS - l-,n n ~ 80
GNIcd az we NV !" nna, 49,,
" was Oc'" ~ - -.
that most Of tho preliminary w3rk was
arcomphshen INC matt, w" u""sn.
before the Harvard alumni t~hrongh"u, the
country, a vwt ainnui' on cotr'el"l"''hoH
was carried on, anu ntF'Ah" u"tv anu
more evident thar me pan "Ve ittviul"
The financial s~trihseicy ueaNcu lpra
tim" the wGrk "i faiSihg ,he mE'ssaIy
MONEY. and the was ioIp~'n Nv wv" HJ'h.I-
ish war. when dINcitti ntt'ulluh II"Ih
the PROPOSED UNION NV'I tHe va WH
proposed u, mako one tYpn VI ~ pulNa,
Ing "A subscription m'tnoIlM 20 Va" t"lNuIu
men killed IN the ~carnpniRh, az vac ga,
Memorial nan was pult w H'ou'u,y ~
those who dlod IN va" sttuSsi" rt.NSf
tho North and the SOUTH inns p'ah icH
through.
About this time Henry !. Hi:gihsnh'
who had previously gwen tnc gn'St play..
ground on tho Charles hlNer, Snlilets
Field, TO Harvard. cam" i9r"ard WIN an
offer OF tiJO.O0 to buhh a ciuoh9I-'
Augustus li~cmenway, wh9 gave the hc,h-
cnwny Gymnasium added siUI'p LOT ule
Furnishings, and finally . IL hyi"oi New
York. who four years ago Establishes mo
Hyde lcctureship, by which the 'ercle
Francois l. able annually To invite some
distinguished fnonchinan 10 thls country
for TIE PURPOSE oil giving a .ouI-' OF lecl1
ures at Har sub-criiSu s3o!'p toNhru
tho union. lhen IN" construction ui uo