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...general arrangement to the Grolier Club, at a cost not to exceed $60,000. Half of this amount it is proposed to raise by subscription among the members as a gift to the club. Interest on the mortgage for the rest, $30,000, and the expenses necessary to maintain it, was estimated at $9,470. As for location, the committee recommended several sites in Fifty-second St., between Madison and Fourth Aves., or another in Forty-fourth St., between Fifth and Sixth Aves, as coming within the limit of price...
After some discussion of the way to know men, and the necessity of sympathetic friendship if we wish to understand them, he went on to maintain that society must not be allowed to crush individuals. The individual himself, however, is often full or conflicting desires and must choose between them. The moral law given by the nation is wisely obeyed unless we see clearly something better. Among the best things the thought of duty requires especial study. Duty, Necessity, and Pleasure must be contrasted as motives. Our duty always shows itself to us as the best thing, yet one which...
...University could have been given to the new students than that of last night. We sincerely hope that this custom once established will always be kept up. In no other way could the faculty representatives show so well to the student representatives what spirit the latter must gain to maintain and assure the honor, dignity and future of our University...
...eight hour system not economically disadvantageous.- (a) For the manufacturer, since competition regulates and production limits wages: Walker, Polit. Econ. 263.- (b) For the laborer, since by greater energy he can maintain former production: Report of Illinois Bureau of Statistics, 477-478.- (c) Lessened production pro rata not disadvantageous to capital, labor or state, since unemployed, previously supported by others, now become self-supporting: Illinois Bureau of Labor Statistics...
...after three or four years simply because they lose their earnestness. They get nothing to take the place of the faith they have lost. They have stopped to salute every man by the way, and distracted by the questions on all sides of them, they have been unable to maintain their zeal. One way, then, to overcome this evil is to inspire the young with permanent enthusiasm...