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...election of judges for short terms accounts for many of these evils Several states, notably the state of Michigan, have had for a time good elective judiciaries; but the electors do not consistently maintain the highest standards of selection, and not infrequently fail to re-election the most admirable judges. Indeed, such a tenure of judicial office disregards some of the most obvious of human qualities. A judge who desires re-election cannot help considering what effect his conduct in the court-room and his published decisions will have on his re-election. As an elected judge grows older...
...forward. But too often we exaggerate its importance by regarding it as static. The true movement of life is towards the enlargement of itself; selfishness may be regarded as the basic cause of evil, and society having thus gotten out of gear, we are obliged to use coercion to maintain order. Evil proves the dignity of life in that it is the right of man to suffer, but it is the duty of man to turn evil to good. As the opposite of joy for work well done, we must pay for evil in the hard coin of pain...
...significant event in the history of this institution. Harvard's position as the leading American University has been won by her creative scholarship and contributions to the advancement of learning. Whatever may be done now to increase this service will add to her prestige and help to maintain her leadership among a rising number of other institutions that are constantly widening their fields and augmenting their influence. It is for this end that the University Press has been established...
...Press is modelled after those of Cambridge and Oxford Universities. They were established early in the sixteenth century and because of the excellence of the work done were granted the monopoly on the publishing of the Bible in England. Chiefly as a result of this source of income, they maintain themselves without a large endowment fund, and are able to publish a large number of books annually
...honors in Canadian intercollegiate hockey. An idea of the strength of the Ottawa team, however, may be obtained from the fact that it defeated McGill 4 to 3 in New York on Saturday, Playing the best hockey seen there this season. The Ottawa men are very speedy skaters and maintain a fast pace throughout the game. Nagle at right centre, probably the best man on the forward line, carries the puck brilliantly and his dashes down the ice are the feature of a well-trained attack...