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...Taussig of Harvard to take the chairmanship of the new Tariff Commission, the country is to be congratulated. In a sense the work the commission has to do lies in a new field, and everything will depend on the way it is done. Congress is not likely ever to abandon any part of its prerogatives in tariff making, but a body of advisers who have the general confidence of the country cannot fail to exert a powerful influence. Of the capacity of Professor Taussig there can be no question. No living American economist surpasses him in achievement or reputation. Doubtless...
...fact that the Musical Clubs were forced at the last minute to abandon their already completed plans for an extensive trip during the Christmas vacation is most unfortunate both for the Clubs themselves and for the alumni in those localities which the schedule included. Conditions over which there was no control made it unwise to give concerts in certain cities, and the loss of these concerts and the impossibility of making other arrangements compelled the Clubs to abandon their plans. Possibly some of the places included in the Christmas itinerary can be visited in April. In any case, there should...
...also voted to abandon the distinction between elementary and advanced history. Modern European history, including English (as defined in the report of the Committee of Five of the American Historical Association) will be accepted as an additional unit of history for admission to College, it being understood that it may not be counted by candidates who have already received credit for Mediaeval and Modern History or for English History...
...Going to any college to be educated simply as a student does not give one the right to be assessed and registered there unless there exist the two things I have stated and emphasized--to wit, that he actually went there to make his residence with the intention to abandon the residence from which he came, to adopt this as his residence not merely for the definite time of his college course, four years, but an indefinite time with that interest to make it his residence...
...other college, "to be educated simply as a student does not give one the right to be assessed and registered there unless there exist the two things I have stated and emphasized--to wit, that he actually went there to make his residence with the intent to abandon the residence from which he came, to adopt this as his residence not merely for the definite time of his college course, four years, but an indefinite time with that interest to make it his residence...