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...miner considers President Lewis a racketeer. That is because he is as ruthless as any political boss in running his organization. Dissenters are put down with fist and foot. Every U. M. W. election brings its charge that ballot boxes have been stuffed with Lewis votes from locals which exist only on paper...
...conclusion we should like to back up the Masters, all of whom seemed very well satisfied with the way in which the House system is advancing. Such change as we have recommended above we feel will not alter any of the fundamental characteristics of the Houses as they now exist. Our purpose has been to suggest remedies which, if effected, will further enhance the development of this great now phase of life at Harvard...
...lessen the great differences that exist in room prices would be to lessen the feeling of many residents that some men are obtaining the same advantages at far less than cost. The best way of setting the rates would be first to set the span of prices, and to determine how many different levels there should be. The number of accommodations in each price class should be proportional to the total accommodations in the House...
...traditional argument against such a scheme is that differences exist between the numbers of doubles, singles, and multiple suites in the various Houses. Here the committee reasserts its contention that these differences can be ironed out, due to the near uniformity of room advantages. Difficulties will of course arise in rooms of sunless character, and in multiple suites. Where a House has a certain proportion of its rooms priced at the lowest level the sunless room could be rented at that figure. Multiple suites could be rented to the many groups of men who seek entrance into a House...
...Major Fey is the sort of character that feature writers love. Hawk-nosed, with a mouth like a wolftrap. Major Fey has a war record even more gallant than that of his Chancellor. There is in the Austrian Army a decoration that could exist in no other country. Marie Antoinette's smart mother the Empress Maria Theresa realized that the Habsburg Archdukes who commanded her divisions were not military geniuses. She established a medal, open to anyone, from general to corporal, who in wartime should carry out a maneuver against the orders of his superiors and should succeed...