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...that the federal inspector has issued an edict fixing the rate for meals on a railway dining car at $1.25 a plate. Hence the moderately wealthy Californian will no longer need to embark on a four-days' fast when he comes east to college. We are glad for his sake. And even those of us who take but short trips are interested in the new regulation, especially in the particular clause that stipulates that the food shall "be worth the price." This introduces an entirely new note into the customarily dull drone of decrees and legislation...
Panama was "taken" for the sake of the world's commerce, if incidentally for the specific military and commercial advantage of the taker. Much criticism was heaped upon Mr. Roosevelt for his procedure, but he had to decide whether we would take possession of the ends of the railroad on the Isthmus and keep the traffic clear, or whether we would stand back and let those Southern gentlemen cut each others' throats for an indefinite time and destroy whatever, remnant of our property and our interests we had there. Roosevelt had to do exactly as he did, or the only...
...graduate opinion may incline toward the view that the physical development of large numbers of men is of greater importance than the defeat of Harvard and Princeton, but we feel that a series of defeats at their hands would quickly make clear the need of victory for its own sake and for its general stimulus to sport as a whole. --Yale News...
...engagements. It was suggested that the players be allowed to practice football instead of attending one of the drill periods for the remaining few weeks of the football season, but the military officials would not allow it, although the naval leaders had no objection to the plan. For the sake of consistency neither unit gave the players time off and the members of the team had to practice as best they could...
...either. If a person has the money for the former he surely has enough also to contribute to the latter. Those who cannot buy a bond, however, ought surely to make some small sacrifice in order to gain the benefits of a capable Y. M. C. A. For the sake of Phillips Brooks House, and for the improvement of the S. A. T. C. contribute your share...