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...Boer war a book upon that subject by a popular writer of sensational fiction. Will you kindly allow me the opportunity of calling attention to a less advertised work upon the same subject by a distinguished Englishman, who is not only a literary man, but also a scholar. I refer to Mr. John A. Hobson, lecturer in the London School of Economics, and author of several well-known books upon economic theory and history, which are regularly used in our economic courses. Mr. Hobson's "The War in South Africa: its Causes and Effects," was written after a sojourn...
...call attention through your columns to a danger attending the unrestricted nominating of Class Day officers which Nineteen Hundred is not taking sufficient account of? I refer to the danger that the best men may be defeated at the election of the votes of the class have to be scattered among too large a number of nominees. This applies especially to the committee's, which, though esteemed minor honors, are very great in importance. Usually there are not more than four men for each committee who deserve to be elected. But if eight or more nominations are made for each...
...will be composed of sixteen members of the faculties of the various departments of the university. Its functions will be threefold: First, to represent the university in intercourse with other institutions on subjects which do not call for direct action on the part of the corporation; second, to refer questions of policy suggested from outside to the department affected; third, to discuss all acts of any one faculty which affect the workings of a department under the control of another...
...administration of the Fellowship will be in charge of the Department of Economics. The essays of candidates must be handed in not later than September 1, 1898, and the award will be made not later than September 20, 1898. The essays may be historical, theoretical, or descriptive; they may refer to one industry alone, or to general questions arising in connection with several industries; they may refer to one country or place, or discuss and compare the experience or the problems of several countries...
...annexation of Hawaii would involve serious political difficulties. 100,000 of her population of 106,000 are so unsuited to our political system that the annexationists have been unwilling to refer the matter to a plebiscite...