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...centre of one side, with an aisle passing up, to the right and left of which will be four rows of seats. These are all high backed with sufficient rise for the occupants of each seat to have a clear view over those in the seat below. A heavy plank floor between the seats and a dashboard at the back and bottom give rest and prevent injury to clothing. The arched roof of the cars is so supported that no obstruction whatever exists to a clear view, while at the same time protection is given against showers. The cars...
...board running track for winter training has just been put down and in a few days will be connected with the back door of the Gymnasium by a plank walk. Owing to the building of the hand-ball courts it was impossible to put the track behind the Gymnasium where it was last year so it has been laid just back of the Jefferson Physical Laboratory. The length of the track is exactly one-eight of a mile instead of being seven yards short of one-seventh, the length of the old track...
...eight of these courts, four on each side of the asphalt yard. In all probability two of them will be specially reserved for the use of the 'Varsity baseball pitchers, while the other six will be public. The concrete flooring of the yard will be retained. A high plank wall has nearly been finished on the west side of the yard and another is to be erected on the east side...
...money, contrary to the declaration of the Act of 1890. (b) All debts would be scaled down one-half. B. The attack on Civil Service Reform is an attack on good government. (1) The spoils system has always menat, and means now, corrupt administration of public affairs. C. The plank in regard to Federal Relations is an attack upon the U. S. Gov't and subversive of the Constitution. (Chicago Platform.) (1) It destroys the Federal equilibrium established by the Constitution. (a) It means that the U. S. Gov't can exist in efficiency only by the consent...
...Harvard Civil Service Reform Club will be held in Upper Mass. The business before the club is the election of officers and the discussion of campaign work. The club wishes to co-operate with the other political clubs in the campaign against Bryan. The Chicago platform contains a plank aimed directly against civil service reform, and the election of Bryan would be as disastrous to an honest administration of public office as to the honesty of our national currency. All civil service reformers must realize that the present campaign is a crisis in the movement, and that if all that...