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...lecture last night was principally an answer to Henry George's "Progress and Poverty." Gen. Walker first commented on the position taken by Mr. Mill in his later years on the land tenure question, and then gave a complete statement of Mr. George's theory of rent and the nationalization of the land. As to Mr. George's three great arguments, he affirms that commercial disturbances are due to speculations in land. This assertion, however, has no evidence to support it, and is opposed to the opinions of all economists. Land is far from being an object peculiarly subject...
...with President White he informed your correspondent that his views on the subject of co-education have not been changed by experience. He says that its influence on student life is to make that life more decent; that co-education at Cornell is a success; and that sooner or later it will be the rule at all live educational institutions deserving of the name. Columbia will probably not adopt it until the dwellers at that unfortunate monastery emerge sufficiently from barbarism to give over duelling and other mediaeval practices...
...German and an American student. American walking with a dog; dog kicked by German; American slaps German's face; result, a challenge; American chooses pistols; day and place appointed; on the way to duelling ground, American draws pistol carelessly and knocks off insulator from telegraph pole; five minutes later, another; and again, another; not a word said; on arrival at trysting place, hasty conference, and German humbly apologizes...
...never found occasion to regret his determination. There are perhaps a half dozen strong arguments in favor of total abstinence. The first is that of bodily health. The evidence of all workers, of athletes and of men of action is emphatic on this point. The tendency of later years in all fields of activity is away from alcoholic stimulants. The speaker then related numerous personal experiences in the army and in his literary life and travels which bore upon this point. The second argument is that of mental health. All brain workers testify to this. Another is that of personal...
...Hasty Pudding Club will give "Conrad and Medora" at Horticultural Hall in Boston on the evenings of Friday, April 20th, and Saturday, April 21st. The proceeds will go to the funds of the University Boat Club. Tickets, $1.50 and $2.00. Time and place of sale will be announced later...