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Even should the trustees be unable to raise the $2,000,000, Mr. Rockefeller's offer will not become wholly inoperative, for the reason that he agrees to offset gifts as fast as they are made up to the $2,000,000 limit. By this means every dollar given the university during the next four years will represent double its face value...
...Trusts are a natural result of industrial conditions. - (a) Lower prices caused by overproduction. - (b) Opposition of labor to corresponding reduction of wages. - (c) Organized for self protection as offset to trade unions. - (d) Trend of all industry is toward combination, W. Gladden, "Tools and the Man," ch. on "Collapse of Competition...
...century have been the little islands across the Atlantic and here we have similar competition growing up in three small islands across the Pacific. For the honor of this country, it is to be hoped that we may acquire dominion over the Hawaiian Islands as an offset to the Japanese hold on Corea...
Brewer and Wrightington will not quite offset Butterworth and Thorne. Brewer is better and quicker on round the end plays and sharper in finding holes than Butterworth. He is not, however, the line breaker that Butterworth is, and he falls far below him in kicking. Taken all in all, he can not be considered the equal of the man who was last year, America's best back...
...glad to see that Dr. Sargent intends to continue his class in gymnastics this year, for the large number who joined it last winter showed conclusively how much it was wanted. It is a well known fact that physical exercise is needed to offset mental work, especially in the winter when there is less chance for outdoor sports. There is a large body of men in college, outside of those who are trying for the various athletic teams who take little exercise, chiefly because of the discouraging monotony of gymnasium work. During the fall and spring, when the tennis courts...