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After the lecture, all members of the University interested in Socialism or social reform are invited to a organization meeting in Thayer...
...evils of a long established custom are too apt to be overlooked and the advantages of a proposed remedy to be dismissed as theoretical and unpractical. Although this natural conservative tendency is the reason for inactivity in reform, it is certainly no justification for the undue continuance of a "laissez-faire" policy. The present tutoring system is not satisfactory, and various expedients, among which that outlined above would probably bring the best results, are possible. Under the circumstances, some remedial action on the part of the authorities should be undertaken...
...guests, members of the Memorial Society, veterans, and sons of veterans of the Charles Beck Post formed in a procession and marched to Sanders Theatre. President Lowell presided, and after the singing of "America," introduced Mr. J. F. Moors '83, who delivered the Memorial address. He spoke of civic reform, especially in Boston, and of the growing sentiment of the people in favor of the merit system instead of the spoils system. After the speech, "Fair Harvard" was sung in closing...
...their best have an immense educational power in every part of education that is not dependent on books or on works of art; but we persistently throw away much of what they offer by pursuing them in the wrong spirit. To my thinking, the sport most in need of reform now is not football (though that is far from perfect), but baseball. It is hard to conceive of anything meaner than tripping an adversary as he runs past a base, or "rattling" a batsman with derisive language poured into his ear by the catcher, or "breaking up" a pitcher...
...proper punishment is not the expulsion of the individuals, for the Polo Club will be drunk again next year, and much the same thing may happen. The evil cannot be remedied by a reform of the club, because, being a purely Freshman organization, there is no steadying influence to keep it straight. The only thing that can be done which is worth doing at all is the complete extinction of this sole surviving Freshman club. What is the best method for doing so is not here to be discussed...