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...Chinese immigration is no menance to American interests. (1) The Chinese are not a migratory race. (2) They are peaceable and industrious. (3) They form but a small element in our population and the fact that they take no part in political life makes them less dangerous than many other immigrants...
...purification must come from within the party. (a) This is the only genuine and thorough purification. (b) Purification by independent action (through balance of power) has bad effects. (1) It withdraws the best element from the party. (2) It obscures legitimate party issues, by making an issue of political purity, which is not a proper subject for party differences. New Englander...
...what is said on the front page about cheering the team today we need add very little editorially. There is a fine spirit in the students this year which is of itself a sufficient guarantee of the size of the crowd which will send off the team. Every element is present to make this send-off the most stirring in the history of our teams, and if every man will lose himself in the sentiment of the parting, the team will be sure to go from us bound...
...when that work began to be taken up by the churches, the society entered upon much more diverse work. At present eighteen missionaries are employed. Their work consists chiefly in visiting the homes of the poor people and in distributing clothing, good reading matter and the like. The foreign element, especially the Chinese, claim a large share of attention. It is an interesting fact that bibles and other missionary supplies are sent from Hong Kong for use among the Chinese in Boston...
...ourselves squarely against the unfair methods sometimes employed at these elections. The minute a class begins to have "bosses" and to split itself up into antagonistic factions, each running its own candidates, the fairness and honorableness which ought to exist at college if anywhere ceases to exist and the element of "machine polititics" sweeps everything before it. We cannot afford to have a Tammany ring in these elections. The matter of society preferences has no right in a question of such importance to the whole class. The best men should be elected no matter what their society connections...