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...vote. (E. H. Haskell, Biennial Elections, p. 13.) B. They are expensive. (1) $148,000 is spent on a single election. (Mr. Winn, Boston Traveller, Feb. 13.) C. They tend to inefficiency in governement. (1) Governor is hindered in performance of his duties. (2) The Legislature requires too long sessions. (a) The average session is longer than the average of Congress or Parliament. (3) They lead to incompetence in legislation. (a) Committees waste time. (b) In 1894 93 acts of previous sessions were amended or repealed...
...They lead to an increased vote. (a) This has been the result in other states. B. They are economical. (1) They save the expense of one election every two years. (2) They save $100,000 in shortening legislative term. (3) They do away with the unnecessary length of session C. Biennials tend to better legislation. (1) Legislators are more carefully elected. (2) Legislators will be better trained. (3) Increased term tends to do away with hasty legislation...
...fifth annual session of the Harvard Teachers' Association was held Saturday at 9.30 in Sever 11. The topic for discussion was "A Wider Range of Electives in College Admission Requirements...
...under a bona fide boundary dispute which existed before the British conquest of Dutch Guiana in 1814: Maps in Harvard, Boston Public and Athenxum libraries of dates 1657-1814.- (1) British claims have not been progressively extended: Venezuelan Memorandum in U. S. Senate Ex. Does. 50th Cong. 1st Session Vol. 11. No. 226, pp. 23-37, Venezuela Memorandum in Foreign Relations of U. S. 1894 pp. 812-840.- (B) No other bona fide boundary dispute involving important territory is possible,- (y) The whole idea of British advances hostile to U. S. is preposterous.- (A) No territory gained by such advances...
...evening session was devoted to a reception in the library, where addresses were made by J. H. Robinson of Columbia and President Sharpless of Harverford...