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...government was pressed for money, and a general system of internal taxation was determined upon and put into action by the bill of this year. Mr. Morrill, in order to compensate for this tax upon the people, proposed a bill, which was passed, raising the tariff rate. Two years later the great "Tariff Act of 1864" was passed, which is said to be the largest financial transaction in the world's history. Internal taxes were considerably raised, and tariff duties were made much larger than ever before...
...military display attendant upon commencement day is in danger of being cut off by action of the Massachusetts Legislature. One member said that such payment, which had averaged $641 for fourteen years, was a useless expense, and one of those extravagances that, in accordance with the recommendation of the governor, ought to be cut off. Thereupon another stated that the matter was one that directly concerned the governor, who is commander-in-chief of the militia, and that Massachusetts had some pride in maintaining its dignity, for which it was willing to incur some expense. The report of the committee...
...almost identical with that of the students. Several professors, who on all subjects affecting the interests of the students are appointed to prominent positions on the faculty committees, are strongly in favor of consultations between the instructors and the students, and even advocate that whenever the faculty take an action that affects either a student or the students in general, the reasons for that action be made known. At present it is not the custom to announce the "why and wherefore" of most of the movements of the authorities, and for that reason some of their decrees have seemed arbitrary...
...expect to reduce the working force, while the English department, where the instruction, as far as the prescribed courses are concerned, has been notoriously weak, is to have a new office created for it, which will merely perpetuate an old system that has met with nothing but condemnation. The action even lacks the excuse that the appointment is necessary to obtain the services of some new man who would reflect credit upon the university, as the instructor named for the position is one already identified with Harvard...
...look on it simply as a pleasant recreation and so think it unnecessary to practice more than semi-occasionally. Conscientious training is as necessary to success in lacrosse as it is in base-ball and rowing, for the game requires great powers of endurance as well as precision of action. We hope that the work during the coming season will necessitate no criticism on this score...