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...predominates. The natural remedy, suggested by the case itself, is a consolidation of the two staffs into one organization. The advantages of this step are obvious. A single magazine would control the whole field of college literary activity. The best material received would suffice to fill the issues and establish a standard of excellence hitherto unattainable, financial difficulties would be relieved, and a literary paper truly representative of Harvard would result...
...secretary, Mr. Meyer's chief aim has been to establish the Navy Department on an efficient business basis. Given permission by Congress to institute his reforms, he has thrown aside the bureaucracy caused by the tremendous improvements in the vessels of war, and has made the navy the most effective fighting machine we have ever possessed...
...attention to the first bill. He declared such an institution as Harvard too great a burden for one community and that the valuations in Cambridge are one-third higher than they ought to be. Harvard is gradually acquiring land along the river, and now the Institute of Technology may establish itself here. He concluded by stating that he could not see whereby values were in any way benefited by the presence of the University...
...nominated by the people and adopt their own platforms, from which the people choose. Then the provision was added to this bill that the state legislators must pledge themselves absolutely to support or ignore the agitation for direct election of United States senators. The next move was to establish the recall, so that the people could discharge those officers who proved faithless to their trust. Immediately a Republican legislature, pledged to direct senatorial election, chose a Democratic senator to support that movement. And next, to remove the great danger of corruption at the direct primaries, the people forced the unwilling...
...Executive Committee voted also to establish a Committee on General Complaints composed of the following men: P.D. Smith '11, chairman, R.B. Batchelder '13, R.C. Benchley '12, F.M. Eliot 1G., G.R. Harding '11, S.C. Simons '11, S.B. Steel '11. All complaints by members of the University relating to matters of undergraduate interest and of such nature as to fall within the jurisdiction of this committee should be addressed to P.D. Smith '11, Hollis...