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Public sentiment in the beginning was that we had made a serious mistake in assuming the responsibility for these islands, and that we should find problems there which we could not overcome. This feeling is now changed, and we have succeeded beyond our greatest hopes in the administration of the Philippines. A government is successfully established; the necessary bureaus and offices are arranged; justice is given to all; the islands are strictly self-supporting, and require no financial help from the United States. The archipelago is in good sanitary condition, disease is eliminated as far as possible, roads, railways, harbors...
...Francais will give its annual performances in Jordan Hall, Boston, on the afternoon and evening of December 11. Two plays will be presented: "L'Affaire de la rue de Loureine," a comedy in one act by Labiche, and "Le Pamphlet," by Legouve. The latter play is of somewhat more serious nature and will be in two acts...
...first essential for successful competition is a sound body, and the great danger that threatens it is the abundance of vicious temptation to which men of Harvard, as of every other college, are exposed. It is the most serious danger in that it may defeat the whole object of life; through it comes the only absolute ruin that can come to educated men. Work is the great safe-guard against evil thoughts and evil passions, and occupation in hard work, hard play, or the moderate enjoyment of all innocent pleasures is the best way of crowding out vice...
...crew, and especially on its devoted captain and the hard-working coach, and on the University as a whole? Why not show some sense of proportion, some justice in the administration of justice, some power to discriminate between heedlessness and moral turpitude? What is left for the really serious moral offences except expulsion, which we know is reserved for capital offenders? Such administration is in the interest of lawlessness, because it subverts discipline by creating sympathy for the culprits and contempt for the authorities. J. G. THORP '79. Cambridge, June...
...embracing were the cause of the punishment of a different nature. It was not a case of dishonor or immorality or viciousness, but one of woeful thoughtlessness and lack of recognition of the rules, which in the eyes of the Board is punishable in the same degree as more serious offences. The discipline meted out seems heavy. No serious moral flaw can be found in the act and the Board has not made its decision on the grounds of dishonesty in any connection, but it has dealt with the case sternly and without regard for the stakes at issue...