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...additional athletic field. The Athletic Association has also decided to open the tennis courts for playing on Sunday afternoons as an experiment. This measure will go far towards relieving the present congestion on the Soldiers Field courts, but the cooperation of everyone will be necessary to prevent its abuse...
...firmly believe, from my own experience in such things", he continued, "that government ownership of railroads would be fatal. It would mean a decrease of initiative and rivalry between roads. This initiative is necessary, for it is the only thing which can prevent stagnation, and its corresponding effect on the country. The failure or stagnation of the railroads would mean the complete collapse of industrial prosperity. The railroads employ ten per cent of the laborers in the country, and buy one third of the annual coal output. The life, convenience, and comfort of the public depend on the success...
...Should the Captain of a precinct be commended for having as few as ten burglaries a month in his territory, or cashiered for having as many as ten? So many other elements enter into the work of a police captain, he has so many other things to do besides prevent burglaries that I never have heard of a system which would give a complete and trustworthy picture of whether he was doing well...
...custom begun on May 1 by all members of the class, this is not a promising showing. But there is time enough between now and Saturday for those members of the class of 1906 who have not yet done so to order their caps and gowns and so to prevent the class of 1906 from being cut off from the benefits of a custom which members of former senior classes have found to be one of the pleasantest features of the last few weeks of life as an undergraduate".--Editorial in the CRIMSON on March...
...this is quite mystifying but in common language it is a matter of relativity. The more one does in one year the less required the next. The pamphlet on "Regulations for Students in Harvard College", is published that these facts may be known; and knowledge of the requirements would prevent misunderstanding-and possibly mishap...