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...also reported that many of the class think seriously of entering the Harvard Law School, since the courses of the two schools will be so much alike...
...Hayes '91 opened the debate on the negative. He said that it is not merely voters that are wanted but men who can think and vote on sound principles. He gave statistics to show the great falling off of the vote in Massachusetts in the years immediately following presidential elections, and concluded that the abolition of the poll tax as a requisite for voting would greatly increase this lack of interest. The poll tax should be retained until the people of Massachusetts have attained a higher degree of economic knowledge...
...should be and last night Mr. William C. Sturgis, '84, of the Saint Andrew's Brotherhood, spoke some timely words on the subject of reorganization. He said that men are apt to get their sympathies greatly narrowed under the pressure of their work here without stopping to think that they have duties to their fellow-collegians. The Saint Paul's Society might afford an admirable means of fulfilling these duties if the members would only realize it. Mr. Sturgis then suggested that the society be organized on an entirely new basis, that the Bible class which has already been started...
Unless some unforeseen circumstances arise, Harvard will very likely receive another bequest-this time from the generous gift of the late Mr. Fayerweather. We understand that the legacy for Harvard is not restricted by many conditions, but may be applied for almost any special object which the authorities may think proper. It will not be hard to find uses for the money; on the contrary, the difficulty will be to decide, among so many needs, which is the most pressing...
...mistake to think of right and wrong as two definite places with a sharp dividing line between them. Right and wrong should be regarded as directions. If we take this latter view we shall be saved much temptation and sin. A man is led into sin by thinking wrong. He endeavors to go as far as possible towards this imaginary line without crossing from the right side to the wrong one, and before he is aware he has sinned. If on the other hand he had steadfastly set his face towards the Lord, he would have avoided...