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...present investigation to ascertain the number of men available as patrons, calls attention once more to the perennial problem afforded by conditions at Memorial Hall. Although the Corporation has been in control of the restaurant there for nearly two years, it has been found impossible to increase the attendance to the coveted thousand mark, when Memorial may be operated at its maximum efficiency. The fact that there has been a steady financial loss, together with the persistent rumor that the Hall is soon to have another strong competitor, seems sufficient for the advancement of the following suggestion...
Such statistics as these, especially when strengthened by the investigation made by President Lowell last year to ascertain the connection between College and Law School marks, hardly bear out the "undergraduate hallucination which assumes an entire absence of any connection between examination grades and post-collegiate success." The man who takes the view that studies are all that are worth while at College is doubtless narrow-minded, but, on the other hand, the man who fails to recognize the direct relation of studies to general capacity and effectiveness in after life is no less short-sighted...
...this afternoon. Besides the usual announcement, this issue will contain the names of all the Harvard and Williams squads, together with the numbers by which they will be designated on the new Irwin score bard erected yesterday. By the use of the key, the spectators can at any time ascertain what players are in the game, as well as their positions. The CRIMSON will be on sale at the Stadium, before and during the game...
...certain number of members of the Democratic and Republican Clubs will superintend this ballot. The Lodge Gate has been engaged as a poll for the University voting; a room in the Law School will probably be used as a voting place for the other precinct. In order to ascertain the number of Republican, Democratic, Socialistic, and unclassified votes, the ballot will be in four different colors...
...payer wishes to avoid taxation, he could easily do so by the income tax. This tax fines a man's income directly whereas the present tax (the "mobilier") taxes a man on the rental value of his dwellings; and it is easy for a collector to ascertain the number of doors and windows in a house...