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...balance at eight hours, he is fully entitled to do so. But he must be content with the resulting return; he has no right to expect nine and ten hours' product for only, eight hours' work. This is what he all too frequently falls to see, but the fault is his and not that of the theory of wages. "The demand for the eight-hour day" says Taussig in his "Principles of Economics", is entitled to all sympathy and support", and the modern laborer is quite as adapted to his day and generation. He is no less to be respected...
...second University baseball team journeys to Lowell this afternoon to play its third game of the season against Lowell Textile School. The Scrubs, judging by their past performances, should make a good showing. Their worst fault is wild throwing, but against this on the credit side, they can put hard hitting, wide-awake work on the bases, and, perhaps most important of all, the knowledge of when and how to rally...
...producer, Mr. J. Jack Caddigan, highest credit is due. To be sure, there seems at times a lack of humor in the production, and the few lapses into burlesque are all too welcome, but the acting, dancing, costumes and tunes more than make up for this fault, if such...
Were it uniformly the fault of the players that occasioned such waves of enjoyment, there would be little cause for complaint, for some sad specimens of acting are only too frequently inflicted upon us. But the jocularity is not confined to "ham" actors, struggling stock companies, or situations so forced as to be suitable for sarcasm, for the most luminous of our stage stars and the efforts of our playwright most applauded elsewhere, have here repeatedly met with a sportive reception...
Perhaps it is not all your fault. Suppose that in your Senior year you found that you could obtain an excellent position if you mastered a certain subject, say history. You would try to concentrate upon it, to give evening after evening and day after day to the subject. But how far would you get if you were an average student? Monday night you would have a meeting; you might have another Thursday. Friday night you would be expected to attend an organization dance and Saturday night you would be called upon to support the debating team. You might throw...