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...sort of dream to wonder what would happen if great men of former times came back to look on the present. We have been told what Abraham Lincoln would have thought of the war; we have heard what opinion Louis XIV would have held of the initiative and referendum; it has even been suggested how Isaiah would have received Billy Sunday. Strangely, however, no one has ever informed us of Phillips Brooks' words, should he enter Phillips Brooks House. For the Bishop was an inveterate smoker. He purchased a brand of long, black cigars, which were not labeled Colorado Claro...
...Phraseology; J. A. Lowell '91, Labor Committee; Mr. Luce, Committee on Rules and Procedure; J. M. Morton '61, Judiciary' Committee; Hon. A. E. Pillsbury '91, (hon), Committee on Judicial Procedure; Hon. Josiah Quincy '80, Executive Committee; Hon. Joseph Walker '90, Floor Leader of the Committee on Initiative and Referendum...
...Democracy demands a general referendum before a declaration...
Finally, we are told that "democracy demands a general referendum before a declaration of war." And what is to happen to us while the referendum vote is being taken? In the present controversy Germany could continue to kill our people, to sink our ships, could send submarines into our harbors while we peacefully prepared to vote, telling her to be careful since we might vote against allowing her to continue. What a disappointment such a vote would be to Germany! How hurt she would feel to have her fun stopped! It might even make her angry...
...Referendum has not yet proved to be a sure method for discovering what is good for a people. There are too many men who vote by personal preference or prejudice. In this critical moment we must put some trust in the leaders we have chosen and at the same time realize as must of our individual responsibility to our country as we can. ELMER M. ELLSWORTH...