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...detriment of his official duties. - (b) - Such little official activity as he has shown has been frequently repugnant to the pledges and principles on which he claimed election a year ago, e. g., his re novals and appointments, and his creation of commissions. - (c) He has neglected to destroy or even weaken the "lobby" evil; Lodge's speech in Boston Herald of Sept. 17, 1891, Lodge's speech in Boston Herald of Sept. 24. Guild's speech in Boston Herald of Sept. 29. - (d) He has been inconsistent in policy in regard to municipal honors. Lodge's speech in Boston...
There are still a few seniors who have not sent their class lives to the secretary. It is absolutely necessary that every member of '91 should return his pamphlet, with the questions answered, before Class Day. The carelessness of a few delinquents in not answering will destroy most of the value of the remaining lives. Fresh blanks can be obtained from...
...interest in physical things that many elements have emphasized the power of circumstances and the strength of chances. Now these theories, which are cherished by the public and nursed by weak minded men are most fatal and are the very ones which the teachings of the University tend to destroy. "The University is the last place to weaken faith in the worth of character" and is the place above all others to strengthen the belief of spiritual forces and to trace the history of Christianity to the Almighty...
...great need of the increasing body of students, who want board of the grade of Memorial. Accordingly last fall the plan of the "hotel system," so-called, was proposed for Memorial. Such a system would, if adopted in toto, break down the system of club tables at Memorial, and destroy what many men now consider the pleasantest features of the dining system. It was natural that the students should strongly oppose the plan as then suggested. As radically changed, however, the scheme has everything to recommend it. It will not do away with the features of the present system...
...Mobs are dangerous instruments of justice.- [a] They destroy public and private property: Public Opinion, March 21; Am. Quar. Rev. vol. 17, pp. 209-231. (1835).- [b] They often kill officers of the law and other innocent citizens.- [c] They do not discriminate between guilty and innocent persons. Some of the Italians murdered were innocent, some had not even been tried in the courts: Public Opinion, Mar. 21.- [d] They often exact punishment far beyond the measure of the crime or the guilt...