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...ordinary books of reference are monopolized, wordy discussions are the regular thing, and the patience of peaceful readers is put to a severe strain. Of course most of the offenders are lower classmen; and until they are old enough to learn that a library is not intended as a resort other than for the purposes of quiet study, it seems only fair that the privilege of the room should be denied to them...
...impracticable: R. N. Baskin, Argument against Admission Utah-(1) Disingenuous-(2) Limits state sovereignty: House Report, supra, p. 68-(3) Public sentiment does not support it.-(4) Judiciary in the hands of the Mormons.-(b) Mormons untrustworthy and unyielding: Utah Commission, supra 11.-(c) Movement toward statehood a last resort: Baskin, supra...
...will appear. It is not as good as usual. The editorials lack even their accustomed quality of entertainingness and as far as we know, they make claim to nothing more. The first one it is true, has a good object in view, while the second is obviously a last resort of a hard-pressed editor...
...collection contains about 13,000 volumes and its original cost was something over $100,000. Mr. Moak spent thirty years in gathering it and took great pains in its collection. It has full federal reports; reports of every court of New York state, reports of every court of last resort in the various states, comparatively complete Australian and New Zealand reports, full Canadian reports and complete British reports from the time of the year books to the present day. In addition there is a large collection of statutes and a particularly fine library of text books. It is admitted...
...under civil service rules. - (1) The incentive to political activity is removed. - (2) Their tenure of office depends on their efficiency. - (b) In the case of those still under the spoils system the evil would be removed. - (1) The incentive to political activity still remains. - (2) The official would resort to underhand means. - (3) The system proposed furnishes no guarantee of efficiency. - (c) The extension of the civil service rules to these men would be the only adequate remedy for the present evils...