Word: come
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...apply this principle to taxation. In its light we see that we do not even approach justice in our methods of taxing. Even in local taxation, where we come nearest to justice, we tax only visible property. Our federal taxation is yet more unjust, for there we tax a man's needs, not his possessions. We have failed to secure an income tax. The nation has become unlimited where it deals with men, but limited where it deals with property. The government, in the hour of peril, may take men and stand them up against the enemies' guns...
...time has come when something must be done about the books which have been taken from the Harvard Union. Some twenty-five volumes have already disappeared from the shelves, apparently never to return. If these thefts continue the Library Committee, being under obligations to protect the property in its charge, will be forced to insure itself against further outrages of the sort by steps that will be very disagreeable to the members of the Union at large. To keep a close watch on every man in the Library and to enforce the leaving of coats, bags, etc., outside would probably...
...know when the next contest between Harvard and Yale and Oxford and Cambridge will take place, but I think the challenge or invitation should come from alternate countries and not necessarily from a defeated team. In may opinion it would be a pity to hold these sports annually, and I believe this view is supported by the athletes of the universities concerned. If the sports were held at short intervals there would be a tendency for the interest to wane, there would also be a difficulty regarding university arrangements, and it might not always be easy to meet the expenses...
...musical programme for the Vesper Service this afternoon is as follows: "Ring Out Wild Bells," Hall; "Holy Spirit Come," Martin; "Judge Me, O'God," Buck. The soloist will be Mr. Arthur Beresford...
...most important question that will come before the convention for final action is the decision on the proposed publication of a graduates magazine, to be modeled on the plan of the Harvard Graduates Magazine, with the excption that it is to be in no way a local magazine but must represent fairly each of the colleges in the Federation. This magazine is to be the official publication of the Federation, and its contents will be in the nature of articles on graduate study, graduate events and higher education in general...