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...began his public career by entrance into local politics, while two years later he entered the National field as a member of the House of Representatives. He became Speaker of the House in 1894 and was re-elected the two succeeding terms...
...least of our gains in entering the great war is found in the establishment of closer relations with Canada. By appointing the former premier of Nova Scotia resident agent at Washington, the Dominion Government does away with the cumbrous system of conducting purely local or business negotiations through the British Foreign Office at London, and secures better representation of her local needs. To supplement the work of the resident agent, Premier Bordon has made several unpresaged but important visits to the United States for the correlation of our war activities, which must make more effective the movement of our united...
...last year the work of Phillips Brooks House has taken on a new significance. Where before it was called upon only to meet local need, it has now entered a larger sphere. We need make no mention of the little nut which followed our regiment to Barre, nor of the canteen now maintained for the Cambridge sailors. We need not repeat the praise rendered this house of service for its aid in the Y. M. C. A. campaign, in the Halifax disaster, and in many other war concerns. Its record stands for itself, a memorial to Harvard...
...summer training of the R. O. T. C. assure us a repetition of last year's successful course if not an improvement on it. We have believed that a combination of university corps into an all-college camp would have brought even greater advantages than a more local one, but the contrary decision of the military authorities has provided the best possible basis on which to organize a camp which will be Harvard's in name and fact...
...Freshmen, however, will play only Saturday games with local preparatory schools, except the contest with Yale in New Haven on June...