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...comes the news of a drum of steel cable aboard an Atlantic freighter, that shook loose in a storm, crashed into the forecastle, plunged back and forth as the ship tossed on heavy seas, killed two men asleep in their bunks, and injured dozens of others before it could be secured. If Hugo was not a prophet, at least he can lay some claim to veracity...
Instances like this of the cable-coil call up the vision of a new Frankenstein. The terror of the men on board the ship, helpless before the caprices of the huge drum, can be readily imagined even by those who have not read "Quatre-vingt-treize". The picture of man cowering before the creations of his own hand, which have grown beyond his control and turn to "plague the inventor," is a favorite spectra with a certain school of philosophers, and with alarmists in general. "R. U. R.", on the New York stage, is a fanciful prophecy of what...
...executive committee of the Harvard Debating Union which met later in the evening, decided that the next debate would be held on Thursday evening, January 18. The question is the Jones Ship Subsidy, a bill now before Congress. The Conservatives will uphold the passage of the bill, and the Progressives will op- pose it. After much discussion, it was decided to try a new method of voting. The vote of the meeting will be taken twice--once before and again after the debate. The second vote will be conclusive. The purpose is to discover how much opinions on the subject...
...guard farm bloc", are now trying to outbid the westerners. But since the only effort to which the progressives can point with pride is an amendment to change the date of inauguration, the Old Guard have not been forced to extend themselves so far. However, once the ship subsidy is shelved in order to make way for the Simmons and Norris bills, they will find it difficult to make clear their reversal of front...
...final fanfare before his voluntary resignation takes effect. His somewhat turbulent and unrestrained spirits have long been as wood alcohol to the conservative senators, and their grief over his departure will be tempered by a feeling of relief. Whether or not Senator Norris's measure is passed, the ship subsidy, abandoned on its shelf, is evidence enough of the success of the progressives' efforts...