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...been the policy of former committees to provide that friends might live together. The success of the whole plan depends upon this and the present dormitory committee will undoubtedly adopt a similar policy...
...know what men are like, the Faun has come to England from a convenient Mediterranean country, and agrees to give Lord Stonbury tips on the horse-races provided that the Lord will introduce him into society. The first act closes on the rather humorous attempts of the Faun to adopt the dress and manners of conventional society...
...Committee consists of the Deans of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the Graduate School of Applied Science, the Graduate School of Business Administration, the Divinity School, the Law School, and the Medical School. This Committee, immediately on its formation, decided to adopt no principle of even distribution among Schools or Departments, but to choose, so far as it could, the very best available men who had received from the University a degree of any sort. The Committee intends that the award of a Sheldon Fellowship shall be as high a distinction...
From a period of depreciation of wealth secured through trade and industry, lasting during many centuries, there has come a time when wealth is perhaps recognized too much and given too great prestige. The world has come to adopt very generally commercial ideals and standards, and it would seem as if some sort of reaction were necessary. This prestige, however, has been brought about largely through the public service done in our country by business men. Although the standards of business today are undoubtedly high, there is need to make them higher, for the position of any calling must depend...
...people secured the power of popular initiative in legislation, and then proceeded to use that power. The legislature, though pledged, would not vote for direct primaries, and so the people drafted their own bill and forced it through. As a result, state officers are nominated by the people and adopt their own platforms, from which the people choose. Then the provision was added to this bill that the state legislators must pledge themselves absolutely to support or ignore the agitation for direct election of United States senators. The next move was to establish the recall, so that the people could...