Word: postalized
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Among other "problems" which discommoded Mr. Taft in the White House was the postal problem. This problem has returned. Parcels post was one of the historic achievements of the Taft years-it improved the lot of the rural populations. Nobody expected that it would be selfsupporting, but few foresaw that it would come to be the great burden upon the Federal budget which it now is. Harry S. New, who runs the postal system, stated last week: "I believe now, as I have believed ever since I have been connected with the department, that we carry parcels post...
...wins the squash racquet tournaments at the Racquet and Tennis Club, Manhattan. But custom yielded last week to surprise. A man, 50 years old, won the tournament. Not for 19 years had he held the club championship. His name is Clarence Hungerford Mackay. His job is President of the Postal Telegraph and Commercial Cable Company...
...outbreak of the war," continued Professor Hudson, "the world had two kinds of international organization: the Court of Arbitration, and several independent leagues of nations, such as the International Bureau of Weights and Measures and the Universal Postal System. The Hague Peace Conference of 1899 established the Permanent Court of Arbitration, which successfully functioned in 18 cases. But it had a very basic fault in that it was not permanent, not a court, and not an adequate body for arbitration. Since the war a Permanent Court of International Justice has been formed which has proved more adequate. However, these...
...voting so expeditiously, should require each succeeding year a longer period. The Class of 1925, for example, after a successful two-day campaign in the Freshman year, found itself still short a hundred votes after five days' balloting in its Sophomore year; this experience proved instructive, however, and the postal ballot system was used to great advantage this year. Similarly, the Class of 1924 required over four days as Sophomores, and quite as long as Juniors. At that time, it was seriously discussed whether class officers were, after all, worth the trouble their election seemed to cause the members...
...realization of this circumstance does not inspire heated electioneering or eager voting. On the other hand, it ought to be equally clear that however mechanical these tasks may be some one must perform them. But the answer appears to have been found by the Class of 1925 in the postal ballot...