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...there has been no study of its subsequent working. But there is much ground for study in our town and city government, and also a deplorable lack of knowledge on the subject. It is the duty of all of us as citizens to study and also to take action in this subject. The great failure of Mr. Wendell Phillips' later life was owing to his having no knowledge of political science, and hence wasting his powers...
Thus there is urgent need of our universities educating their young men on this subject, and showing them the need of action and how to act. But there is also need of care lest they become scornful of universal suffrage. For to deal with all the important problems of the present day, such as the relations of labor and capital, is a calling...
...vote on the question of retaining the tug-of-war in the list of sports, at the Inter-collegiate Athletic Convention last week, stood only six to five in favor of such action. If not entirely satisfactory, this vote is encouraging, as showing that perhaps it will not be long before a majority of the colleges are brought to see the undesirability of retaining this event in the inter-collegiate programme...
...resolutions, yet it was fair enough to state openly that it had little right to assume much control over affairs outside of the campus and which did not seriously interfere with college duties. Cornell's representative said the faculty would ascertain the feeling of the students before taking action; the students were strongly opposed to them. The young gentlemen from the College of the City of New York said that their college, as far as its students were concerned, would fully accept the action of the Inter-collegiate Athletic Association. From the delegates from Lafayette it was ascertained that...
...correspondent of the Spirit of the Times writes to that paper the following exposition of the faculty's position which he gleaned from one of its members. Speaking first of the necessity of some action and the failure of the first attempt he continues: "The best thing to be done, therefore was to collect as many colleges as possible and see what could be done. The conference was called, and, after much debate, the resolutions were adopted. The method of consideration was of attack, and apparently every contingency was provided for. The definition of professional was tacitly understood...