Word: burden
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...entirely self-supporting, and its perfection, on account of the really local character of its interests. Some thirty years ago, a great change took place in American life. The population gradually drew into large units, whose interests were everywhere. With this, there was a further complication; namely, that the burden of taxation was badly distributed, as the wealthier classes lived in adjacent towns, leaving the poorer householders of the city to bear the major burden of its taxes. The movement for remedying this state of affairs, has been by putting all the more important functions of the local governments into...
...communication in the CRIMSON of February 1 calls attention to the numerous restrictions which burden our athletics. Some examples are the basketball team's lack of a regular coach, and the recent attempt to prevent minor teams from having training tables. Possibly these minor teams are of no great importance, but they interest a sufficient number of men, and do enough good, to deserve something better than systematic discouragement. Major sports meet with the same narrow minded discouragement...
...Captain Kinney, third base; T. Jones and Wylie, catchers; Camp, second base; Madden, left field; Meyer, Parsons, and Pratt, pitchers. Four men have been lost by graduation: Obrien, shortstop; Jackson, first base; Smith and Huiskamp, fielders. These positions can be satisfactorily filled by last year's substitutes. The burden of the pitching will probably fall upon Meyer and Parsons, who should be very effective this year with the added experience of last season. An unusually hard schedule has been arranged quite different from former ones. William Lush, formerly with the Cleveland American League team, will coach...
...income from it is insufficient to pay the cost of maintenance, a number of prominent graduates have subscribed to make up the annual deficit. The land is held by the following trustees, who act as directors of the syndicate and manage the property: R. Bacon '80, J. A. Burden '93, E. W. Forbes '95, A. Hemenway '75, T. N. Perkins...
...very root of the evil. If New York owns the street railway system and leases it to private companies, the incentive to corruption will be weakened because a lease is not as valuable as a franchise, and the operating company will be less powerful. If the city assumes the burden of operation then the opportunity for this kind of corruption will be entirely eliminated. The possibility of petty graft within the department itself can be avoided by adopting civil service rules, such as the White Civil Service...