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...very well, footing the Yale 'varsity end time and again. His only mistake was made when Hall got round his end in the second half. Brewer easily out-played his man. His eye was on the ball all the time, and he tackled almost faultlessly. Both he and Foster often got the Yale backs on centre plays before they struck the line...
...bill when passed was unsatisfactory. - (a) No improvement on the Brand Act. - (b) Measure was simply a compromise and satisfied nobody. - (c) Currency should not be changed so often. - (d) Arguments for the bill unsound. - (1) To raise the price of silver. - (2) To inflate the currency. - (e) Unnecessary locking up of bullion: Nineteenth Cent...
...schools is woefully poor and it can be improved, though with difficulty fixed, for each year will bring a new improvement. The amount of time given to a study is another question which calls for discussion. It is certain that some studies receive more than is necessary, often with a corresponding insufficiency given other studies; but to a certain extent this question hangs upon the first. For, while certain subjects are essentially more important and require a greater proportion of time, if the method of instruction be effective the requisite work can be done in a satisfactory time. Again...
Legislation treats this question in its social relations. It is often supposed that there is but one right law, which should be enacted no matter what the results. But we should consider it rather, as a practical means to get at a definite end. The drink habit is the enemy, and it is the business of legislation to pick out suitable weapons, and means of attack, and then to employ them. It must necessarily have a partial, tentative effect, because the subject is one of ethics; because of the necessary effect every man must have on the whole social organism...
...annual shoot of the Harvard and Yale Gun Clubs, held on the grounds of the Springfield Shooting Club at Springfield Saturday morning, resulted in a decisive victory for Harvard. The weather and wind were favorable; but the traps were wretched, often breaking the birds or throwing them two low. The match started off with blackbirds but as the supply ran out the shooting was finished with ordinary clays. A feature of the match was the splendid work of Gould and Sargent for Harvard; both made 25 out of a possible 30 on the two strings, and the latter made...