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...enforcement and that non-enforcement meant a return to Tammany rule. The case of the negative rested on two main points--that Mayor Low is justified in not enforcing the excise law, first, because the conditions make it impossible; and, secondly, that because strict enforcement would have a demoralizing effect it was necessary, reasonable and just to accept a compromise...
...than has yet been possible. The most interesting addition is a complicated piece of machinery for the purpose of determining the action of light and gravity on the growth of plants. A very powerful current of electricity has also been introduced into the laboratory in order to test the effect of electricity on plants. By means of a switch board, the current can be increased or diminished and the corresponding effects on plant growth may be observed...
...duty of the Church in the Philippines is to the American population. There are, exclusive of the Army and Navy, about seven or eight thousand Americans in Manila alone, and from them the natives get their ideas of our country. No official promises or reports can have any such effect over the natives, as will the actions of the Americans they see before them. To the American Church in the Philippines belongs the task of giving a good representation of our people to the natives...
...Fogg Museum has lately received, as an addition to the Forbes Collection, a fine water-color drawing of the Simplon by Turner. This drawing is of Turner's best period, and is a characteristically imaginative rendering of the great Alpine pass under the effect of early morning light. The drawing is now on view in the gallery on the upper floor...
...club has appointed a committee on coaching composed of E. H. Letchworth '02, chairman; G. Clark '03, J. Daniels '04. The committee will investigate the causes of the present unsatisfactory coaching and will draw up a regular system to go into effect next year. It will also arrange for the appointment of officials to oversee the workings of the system...