Word: commoner
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Friday, May 19, has been chosen for the big annual Senior festivity, the picnic. Costumes will be placed on sale in Thayer Common Room next Wednesday and Thursday at $1.75 each. This price will include, not only the official Senior uniform, but the entire cost of the trip, such as transportation, lunch, band, and the light refreshments, which will be served both en route and at the picnic itself. The costume will consist of a miner's cap with 1916 on it, white overalls, bathing trunks, and the proverbial tin cup. A can of paint will also be provided...
...Philippines were the object of cruel Spanish oppression for three hundred years. They had little chance for development of political theories and political genius, yet the effect of the Spanish regime was beneficent in that it has made them a unit, giving them a common history. The work of the American government has been remarkable. It has given them ability to successfully combat their economic, hygienic, educational, and political problems. It has developed a strong public opinion and capable leaders. The American government has fitted the Filipinos for immediate independence. The affirmative case is based on the ground that...
...capable of self-government we are brought to a consideration of whether we should within five years maintain an independent sovereignty. A close analysis of their condition and the proposition before us shows that they are a race without unity, bound together neither by commercial relationships, by a common language, nor by ties of blood. The prevailing illiteracy would also prove a serious obstacle. They are incapable of self-government, as is shown by the fact that the Philippine assembly has proposed much detrimental legislation and that the majority of the officials have proven incompetent...
...Modern Language Conference. "Solitude as a Phase of the English Romantic Movement, with some Consideration of Foreign Literature." Mr. Odell Shepard. Conant Common Room...
...dealt with it as a menace or unwarranted interference with their liberties. Undergraduates are not rare who consider the labor problem very simple: labor simply has to be fought. This is not the general attitude; but a sympathetic insight into the workingman's point of view is not too common. It requires a detailed study which no prospective business man should fail to make...