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From a purely commercial point of view, according to the Athletic Association officials, there will be no difficulty in connection with the cancellation of the schedules. Such action would necessitate calling off games with some colleges who will not suspend athletics, but no institution would so cling to their contract as to demand a payment of the guarantee under circumstances like the present. Financially, the year's receipts would be much larger than the expenditures, for the expenses of crew and the various Southern trips would be done away with, and the largest receipt item, the returns from football...
...that industry and commerce shall be run by managers competitively selected and wielding the power which comes from the control of privately owned property rather than by the flats of legislators politically influenced and selected. The fact that the act fixes wages instead of leaving it to the free contract of the parties violates this principle. On the other hand, it is equally a fundamental principle of the social order that information shall be obtainable for use by the government, the parties in interest, and the public for guidance in action. If the government desires information as a guide...
...least tend to establish that wage fixing acts are "due processes of law." The dissenting judges in performing the process of balancing the interests must have regarded the predominant effect of the Act as one which substituted the legislative flat for the freedom of the railroad managers to contract with employees as to wages...
...Brandegee '81, regent of of the University; has advised all men who are signing contracts for rooms in private dormitories for 1917-18 to see that there is a stipulation in the contract which will free them in case they are called for military service. The contracts which are signed with the University have this provision...
...second year, the student may sign the following contract, if he desires to secure the Government compensation allowed by law and which amounts to an aggregate of from $160 to $200 for the remaining two years' course...