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...most important change decided upon provides for holding the election of directors of the Alumni Association, this year and in succeeding years, according to the alternative Australian ballot and postal ballot system which goes into effect this year for the election of Overseers of the University. This will make it possible for graduates in any part of the country to vote for directors, as well as for Overseers, without being present at Cambridge on Commencement...
...departmenting of studies has had no more unfortunate effect than the too common setting apart of courses in reading and in composition as if they had nothing whatever to do with the rest of schooling. In fact, an insistence upon good usage and clear and correct expression can be made, and be made fruitful, in classes for history, physics or geography...
...treaties will be ratified, for the administration has an adequate majority in the Senate. Futile hindrances and delays on the part of Senator Borah and his followers, however, will eliminate the tremendous prestige that would be given to the treaties if confirmed immediately. Swift ratification would have much the effect of a great approving public referendum on the work of the conference, and the influence of immediate ratification on other countries can hardly be over-estimated. On the other hand a long drawn-out discussion would have a tendency to destroy confidence in the pact. With this in view...
...will appear on the ballots to be sent about February 15 to the graduates eligible to vote, and the ten who receive the largest number of votes by April 1 will be declared nominated. Of these ten, five will be elected by the new system which goes into effect this year, graduates being given the choice of casting their ballots in Cambridge on Commencement Day or of voting by postal ballot. The five men elected will serve for six-year terms...
...doubtful whether these events will have any great effect one way or the other as regards the strength of any of the three rival teams. The addition of the two-mile will of course be slightly to the advantage of Cornell, which has a number of fast distance runners, who showed their wares in the cross-country intercollegiates last fall, when they established a record low score. On the other hand the University seems to have the edge in the weight event, with Captain Brown as its leading entry...