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...work in the barge has showed a steady and continued improvement. The stroke has lengthened out; the swing and balance have become better; the grip at the beginning is firmer; and the work of the blades in the water is on the whole clean and strong, although there is still observable a tendency here and there to feather under water...
...thing, but the logical outcome of the world's progress. Thirteen years ago the first law was passed in relation to the reform movement. It sought to remove the higher offices from the control of the party spoilsmen. Since that time the idea has by degrees obtained a firmer footing, until today we have 55,000 positions open to men by competition. The speaker traced the reform in its various phases up to the present time, showing the great widening in the reform field...
...Republican party is firmer on the tariff question-(a) Protection is advantageous H. M. Hoyt Protection versus Free Trade 402-414-(b) The policy of the democratic party is unsatisfactory inasmuch as their tariff still stands for no principle.- (1) It is contrary to the declarations of their platform, North American Review, Vol. 159, p. 396; Nation, Aug. 23, 1894, p. 129.- (2) It contains many concessions to protection: Political Science Quarterly IX p. 606.- (3) It contains concessions to private interests: North American Review, Vol. 159, p. 275.- (c) Their tariff bill is unstable.- (1) It satisfies...
...warm belief," he concludes, "in University Extension when I entered the work four years ago, and the experience gained in its prosecution has left me with a still firmer belief in its importance and feasibility. I congratulate you upon the results which you have already accomplished, and still more on the great opportunity which lies before you. University Extension is, I believe, destined to prove one of the greatest educational movements of the last quarter of this century. I consider it a high privilege to have been identified with its beginnings in the United States, and I sincerely regret that...
...When the second half began the Harvard players were tired and unable to withstand the aggressive attacks of their lightweight opponents. Both of Cornell's touchdowns were accidental, the result of stopped punts, and might have been avoided had the backs shown better judgment and the line held firmer. The dashing aggressiveness of Cornell in the second half surprised everybody and the Harvard players were completely taken aback, Manahan and J. N. Shaw being so exhausted as to make little showing against their opponents. Harvard often lost the ball for holding in the line and such inexcusable faults. Wrightington played...