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...purpose of the Harvard Republican Club is not to develop partisanship, but to stimulate into activity the convictions of the republican students. Membership in the club shows a man's devotion to the principles in which he believes-principles which seem to him essential to the welfare of his country. Politics and religion are both vital subjects. The rule of the University has not been to disallow privileges to religious organizations of one sect or another, on the ground that some of them must be wrong, and therefore all must be excluded. The rule has been, rather, that all should...
...club had desecrated a place of meeting or had behaved in an unseemly way, or had lost dignity to an extent not to be excused by a plea of enthusiasm, there would seem to be reason in the new rule on grounds of University policy. But the students have seen no such disgrace...
...game was stopped by rain in the eighth inning. For ninety-five Cassatt, Brown and Dodge did the best fielding, and Dodge and Phelan batted well. Ninety-four's infielders played fairly well with the exception of Flynn who made three errors. The outfielders were slow and did not seem to be able to judge the ball. The score...
...sunset, who could never find out how beautiful snow was till they saw it on the Alps. The familiar miracles of nature at home were too cheap, and there could be nothing wonderful in what they had only to look out of their back-windows to see. It seems incredible to them that God should come down in all his pomp and glory upon the hills that clasp the homely landscape of their native village,- that he should work his wonders with the paltry material of their every-day life, that he should hang as fair diamonds...
Good as the suggestion is, we confess that the plan does not seem feasible. A hotel would probably not pay; the patronage, taking the whole year into consideration, would hardly be large enough to ensure financial success. If the Colonial Club were not well established in its present quarters, it might be possible to have a large building, part of which should be devoted to the uses of a club modelled after the Colonial, and a separated part devoted to the accommodation of such visitors as secure introduction from a University officer. By combining the two under one management...