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...CRIMSON wishes to call the attention of students to a case now pending before the Circuit Court of Essex Country. An application has been made for a writ of mandamus to compel the election board of Cambridge to permit students who are not self-supporting to register and vote at elections. Those who are self-supporting already have this privilege, provided they comply with the other requirements of the law. Heretofore, every other student has been excluded from suffrage on the ground of non-residence, being adjudged a resident of the district where his parents live. Owing to its importance...
...Saturday's football game were most vividly impressed with the condition of about two hundred yards of Boylston street near the old electric carbarn. At this point the continuous procession of teams and automobiles raised a dust which for density would put a Newfoundland fog to shame. To compel five thousand spectators to penetrate this cloud is not only a disgrace, but a menace to the public health. Without attempting to place the blame, we trust that in the future arrangements can be made to sprinkle Boylston Street several time before the inevitable traffic begins. A repetition of Saturday...
...believe in the contributions of graduates through gate receipts, and in the distribution of the money thus received for permanent improvements, for the extension of activity in the minor sports, and for the beginning of a system of physical training which shall compel every Freshman at least to take a prescribed course, such a course to include not only gymnastics but out of door sports as well. W. F. GARCELON L.'95, Graduate Treasurer
...Missouri as in Oregon, the same in the United States as in France. I was police reporter at headquarters in New York where it was my duty to expose scandal. Scandal being exposed, the city was aroused to investigation. Theodore Roosevelt was appointed police commissioner. He tried to compel the police to enforce all laws equally. Trouble arose at once. Leading citizens of New York came with protests and the reform movement was checked...
...they may recover the ball) until it has gone at least 20 yards beyond the line of scrimmage. An on-side kick of less than 20 yards was found often to result in dangerous collisions and a general scramble for the ball, and it was therefore thought advisable to compel a more scientific attempt at this play by legalizing the play only after the ball had struck the ground and advanced 20 yards beyond the scrimmage line...