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...negative in their rebuttals showed how ineffective the initiative and the referendum are in the eight states that have them. In these states they have never been used for reforms. It was pointed out how foolish it was to think of each voter pondering over a ballot of over four feet in length, filled with bills printed in small type and giving each careful thought before casting his ballot

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Freshmen Won Debate | 5/11/1912 | See Source »

However, we think that our club system is by no means perfect. A suggestion tending toward the abolition of the so-called "waiting" club for Freshmen should receive the closest attention on the part of all concerned...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CLUBS | 4/26/1912 | See Source »

...Post is part of an article by President Fitch on "Religious Life at Harvard." "The first and universal characteristic of the Harvard undergraduate," he finds, "is a dread of seeming to appear better than he is." As a consequence, "he often appears worse than he is, lest you should think him to be what he is not. Prayer meetings repel him, and yet the daily morning service in Application Chapel is attended by one hundred of the fifteen hundred who could be expected to attend it. In what ordinary community of fifteen hundred could you support a daily service with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NORTHFIELD AND UNDERGRADUATE RELIGION. | 4/24/1912 | See Source »

...service not only to candidates for the swimming team, but for all Union members who wish to enjoy it. This tank is as yet only a proposal, its future has not been actually determined, but we wish to emphasize the good effects which we think will result from it. It will help the swimming team, and encourage swimming in general. It will make membership in the Union even more desirable than it is now. It will make the Union still further a center for Harvard life by knitting it up with our athletic interests. These reasons and other minor ones...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A SWIMMING TANK. | 4/12/1912 | See Source »

...twentieth in Professor Copeland's services at Harvard. In that time, but particularly during the past decade, he has come into contact with an unusually large number of undergraduates in every class. Although no public recognition has, perhaps, ever been accorded his Monday evenings "at home", we do not think it out of place here to mention an institution which is at once both enjoyable and instructive. In addition, Professor Copeland has often invited the members of his classes to hear some of the most interesting and timely talks by outsiders well versed in their subjects. Such kindnesses, coupled with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PROFESSOR COPELAND THIS EVENING. | 4/3/1912 | See Source »