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...Jones Act passed by Congress in August 1916, declares that "it has always been the purpose of the people of the United States to withdraw their sovereignty over the Philippine Islands and to recognize their independence as soon as a stable form of government can be established therein." The statement is clear and honest. But the question disturbing the Filipinos is, "When...
...repeat the tricks which have worked before. "Come seven" has often meant "touchdown" to Princeton. For three years the signal has worked. No man now playing on the University squad has participated in a victory over Princeton. Narrow, indeed, is the gate, and few are they that enter therein...
Failure to vote, has probably contributed more to political disasters in this country than any other single cause. In the long run the people can be trusted to vote right, as Jefferson maintained,--if their, interest is first aroused. But therein lies the difficulty. In nine cases out of ten, failure to vote can only be charged to laziness. The plea of "disinterestedness" is a ready excuse for all who are too lazy to inform themselves enough to vote intelligently, and an unintelligent vote is worse than no vote...
...clubs shall urge their members to change the elections to the Institute of 1770 so that the membership therein shall be increased to at least 150 men from each class, and that they shall be initiated therein at the rate of at least 15 men a week, beginning as early as possible in the sophomore year...
...college--but then to stop. Consider the tutors of the English department, their merits, demerits, and absence, and stop. Stop before so much as considering the advisability of compulsory Chapel. Expostulate on the pseudo-stone pillars on University Hall now painted white and palpably wooden; on the stone steps therein that hang upon no visible support; on any subject connected with the architecture of the most beautiful building in the Yard (barring Hollis) but at that point, stop...