Word: localitis
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More and more it seems that Boston must rely on "local talent' for its artistic diversion. To attempt to make possible the bringing of worth while attractions, musical and dramatic, which had been successful in other cities, Mr. Mudgett went, last year, to the Opera House, as manager. Evidently, however, one cannot foist artistic things on a city which does not care to have them. Thus the visit of the Swedish Ballet, announced for the coming week, has had to be cancelled owing to lack of sufficient public response. We do not believe that this conclusively shows a lack...
...however, Boston must rely largely on "local talent" it is fortunate to have many musicians of ability. To prove this, Mr. Tillotson played Thursday afternoon...
Among other scholarship awards announced at this time are five given by local Harvard alumni clubs, two to freshmen in the College, and three to first year students in the Harvard Law School...
...frank acceptance of the dominance of parties in national government. But partly because of the constitutional disregard of this factor in American government, the "machines" secretly control the legislatures of the states and practically repudiate the principle of popular sovereignty. As a result of the backstage tactics of local politicians, a goodly proportion of otherwise astute citizens refuse even to exercise their right to vote--thereby strengthening even more the position of the boss and his cohorts. The problem of American local politics is therefore not primarily one of reforming the politician, but of making the voter vote...
...unusual prosperity of the last decade has made the citizenry foolishly tolerant of municipal and state extravagence; and perhaps only a period of depression will force voters to scrutinize the conduct of local officials. Yet in this age of insistent press preaching it should hardly be necessary to await such a period. However, it is becoming increasingly clearer that as long as citizens are so indifferent to the character of local and state governments that they refuse to cast ballots the "machine" will continue to run secretly and smoothly; and the average college man will never seriously undertake a public...