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Certain curb brokers have recently been offering to students stocks of a highly speculative character, which, judged by the flamboyant literature that has been liberally distributed, would appear singularly attractive. Investigation of those interested in the promotion of these ventures does not disclose anything to inspire confidence. Absolutely no proof of the merit of these stocks is advanced beyond the usual hyperboles and vague insinuations of the salesmen who are part and parcel of the schemes...
There remains the difficulty of determining the manner of proof to be required of those who claimed a reduction. In these days of the ubiquitous income tax receipt, it is not hard to discover the average man's financial resources. But even in default of this, rebates might be made proportional to other college expenses. A combination of the two methods would certainly serve to prevent well-to-do boys "with the commercial instinct strong within them," as the "Quadwrangler" puts it, from trying to beat the college down...
...large scale, there has been comparatively little during the past four or five years. As yet, the Sonora rebellion does not seem to require any immediate change in this country's attitude; and we hope that no such necessity will arise. The upheaval only furnishes one more proof of the futility of transplanted ideas of government. Whole sections of Mexican constitutions have been copied almost verbatim from our own; but unfortunately the development of actual institutions has not been the same on both sides of the Rio Grande...
...departure of four Harvard teams for a vacation invasion of the South is proof of the successful management of the war time committee. Due to careful control of expenditures and wise management during the past years, a formidable crew, nine, tennis team and lacrosse team are once more able to carry the Crimson southward. Dean Briggs and his colleagues deserve the thanks of everyone interested in the welfare of athletics at Harvard for their untiring effort in maintaining athletics so wisely and economically during such troubled years...
...such is actually the case with the great majority of people under our present industrial system. This is the day of the fool-proof machine. A man in Ford's factory can learn his job in two days. That is the length of professional training required. Compare this with the law school and medical school, which last three and four years and require a college degree before hand. Compare it with the training of an artist or a singer. There you have something of a measure of the comparative value of the expressive pursuits--what we call the professions...