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...also voted that next year (1902-03), the last day for receiving the dissertations of candidates for the degree of Ph.D., may at the option of the division, be changed from May 1 to April 1, provided the division makes the change in time for publication in the pamphlet of the Graduate School...
...John Koren, in his lecture last night on "Wisdom and Unwisdom in Liquor Legislation," said that the trend of the wise liquor legislation of the future would be in the direction of local monopolies, established by local option, for the control of the liquor traffic under stringent restrictions and with practically no private profits...
...local corporations. But while such state corporations controlling the present traffic have many advantages, they are more rigid and less adapted to local conditions than local corporations. These local corporations, in which the profit is turned over partly to the state and partly to the community, adopted at the option of the voters in any given district, have in Norway and Sweden proved remarkably successful in reducing intemperance. There is every reason to believe that in this country also they would furnish the best possible method of dealing with the liquor problem...
...Harvard Golf Club has just taken an option of eighty four acres of land on the Trapels road, between Waverly and Waltham. The land, which is known as the Wellington Farm, runs on both sides of the main road and can be reached by the electric cars in about forty minutes from Harvard square. The ground is rolling in character, and the turf is of excellent quality...
...ball is kicked off or put in play in any way and either side is offside, or holding, or subject to any penalty whatsoever, the opponents should have the option of having the play made anew--with penalty attached--or be allowed to let the play and the result...