Word: quarters
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...first speaker was E. J. Arnstine '13. The question is purely one of the practicality of the tax. If adopted, would the income tax work equitably? Both methods of imposing this tax are disastrous. The income declared would not be one-quarter of the usual amount. It would corrupt and demobilize the people as was done in England. The second method of obtaining the tax by assessors is obviously difficult. Would the freedom-loving Frenchmen submit to having their pockets searched? This was the cause of the French Revolution...
...many years' the work of the dental students has been greatly hampered because the School was in an inconvenient quarter of the city, remote from the Medical School with which it should naturally have close relations, and from the institutions where the practical instruction must be given. The new building is conveniently near to the Medical School, yet not so close that its dissimilarity in style detracts from the beauty of the more pretentious plant. It is in close proximity to several hospitals, and in a part of the city which seems likely to become even more than at present...
...fourth mile, Withington went ahead, and led over the Larz Anderson hill and to the Technology Field. Then on the last quarter-mile on the cinder track, he was passed by the two Cornell men and Captain May of Michigan. Captain H.S. Young of Cornell, last year's champion, finished fifth...
Daniel Vincent O'Flaherty '10, quarter-back, prepared at Bridgewater Normal School where he played halfback. Last year he was end on the second squad. He is 21 years old, 6 feet tall, and weighs 176 pounds...
Slowly but determinedly the University eight drew away from the third and gained on the second with every stroke until at Harvard Bridge the second crew was only a seant length and a quarter of open water ahead. The third crew was by this time well out of the race, about six lengths behind. Halfway from Harvard Bridge to the finish the bow of the University boat lapped the stern of the second crew shell, the University crew rowing at this point a hard 33. The second crew fought hard, however, and the University eight was now only able...