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...hope that they who leave us will find their service appreciated and their sacrifice rewarded. Let us hope that their idealistic dreams may not be shattered. They are loyal sons of their University and their nation. With such material to draw from, America cannot fail, however or whenever her hour of danger may come...
...work the commission has to do lies in a new field, and everything will depend on the way it is done. Congress is not likely ever to abandon any part of its prerogatives in tariff making, but a body of advisers who have the general confidence of the country cannot fail to exert a powerful influence. Of the capacity of Professor Taussig there can be no question. No living American economist surpasses him in achievement or reputation. Doubtless those who like the old way of tariff-making--a compromise among selfish interests--would call him a "theorist...
Today marks the birthday anniversary of the Harvard Regiment. Birthday anniversaries are traditionally a time of congratulations, and while we cannot regard with pride the growth of the lusty infant nor present it with a rattle to delight its baby heart, yet we can give praise for what it has done...
...Professor William James and others of equal importance. The various records of psychic phenomena which Dr. Hyslop set before the meeting revealed in a most interesting manner the basis for his belief that streams of consciousness survive the body. "I believe," said the noted psychologist in concluding, "that you cannot prove the existence of God without proving immortality of the soul." After his address Professor Hyslop answered all questions which anyone wished...
Whether this can or cannot be legally done is a question which the Supreme Court is soon to decide, but whatever the outcome Harvard has given an example of disinterestedness and whole-souled devotion to the general cause of education that has few equals. At a time when there is the keenest rivalry among American universities for the largest endowments, the largest number of students, and the greatest variety of departments, Harvard has shown that she can place quality above quantity and the general interests of education ahead of those of a particular institution. It is hardly too much...