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Harvard Club of Boston : ウィキペディア英語版 | Harvard Club of Boston
The Harvard Club of Boston is a private social club located in Boston, Massachusetts. Its membership is restricted to alumni and associates of Harvard University and, beginning in 2014, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.〔(Harvard Club of Boston ). WELCOME MIT COMMUNITY! Retrieved on 11 September 2015.〕 It has two clubhouses, a Back Bay clubhouse located in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood, at 374 Commonwealth Avenue, and a Downtown clubhouse on the top floor of One Federal Street, in Boston's Financial District.〔(Harvard Club of Boston ). Washington Athletic Club. Retrieved on 1 October 2008.〕 ==History== The Harvard Club was founded by a group of 22 Harvard alumni in 1908. The original dues were $5.00 per year, and by the end of the year, more than 1,200 members had joined. The first president, Henry Lee Higginson, was also the founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In 1909, the Club established its first scholarships. One of the first recipients of these scholarships, James Bryant Conant, went on to become the 23rd president of Harvard. Famous people to have spoken at the Club include Vice President Dick Cheney, Eleanor Roosevelt, Henry Kissinger, William Taft, Robert Frost, Buckminster Fuller and John Foster Dulles.〔Samuel P. Jacobs (9 September 2006). ("Cheney Visits Harvard Club Through Back Door" ), ''The Harvard Crimson''. Retrieved on 1 October 2008.〕〔Raja Mishra (9 September 2006). ("Cheney visit is met by traffic, protests" ), ''The Boston Globe. Retrieved on 1 October 2008.〕 In 1913, the Club decided to construct a clubhouse, the Back Bay Clubhouse at 374 Commonwealth Avenue. In 1925, eight squash courts were built. During World War II, cots were placed in these courts and lodging was offered to military officers at the cost of $1.50 per night. In 1976, the Downtown clubhouse was purchased at One Federal Street, providing a location more convenient to most of Boston's offices.
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