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...Cambridge, and now this opportunity is presented. Moreover, by have the dinner in the union has been possible to cut down the expense somewhat. Realizing this is the last dinner of the entire class, owing to the number of men finishing this spring, and desiring to put on a firm basis for future years the plan of having the dinners in Cambridge, the committee in charge in making especial effort to have as many men as possible come next Tuesday. There is no reason why there should not be a real enthusiasm for this last dinner and it is hoped...
...necessity very general. The CRIMSON still believes that the Faculty, and not the Athletic Committee, must be the object of our appeals. If the Committee believes that the Faculty has been influenced by the arguments, it may see fit to disregard the recommendations. If the Faculty is still firm in its opinion, the Committee may be compelled to act. By no means, therefore, has the CRIMSON rested its case. As stated before, we are seeking tangible facts on which to base our arguments. If these are secured, we shall be in a position to go ahead. If they...
...statesman must be absolutely frank with the people take a firm position which seems honest in his eyes, and not dodge the question or be two-sided about it. He must look at all questions from the vie-point of the nation and not from that of the locality, for what is good for the whole country must be good for a part of it. State and sectional interests should combine. Our whole history is the story of people working as a whole and against separations and groupings, and the national idea has won. It was the provincial idea that...
...Boston it has particularly been a failure because of its corruption. A good example is the Municipal Printing Plant of the city, which has been a sort of bank for politicians and their constituents during the last few years. This year, however, it has been placed on a firm basis, with a practical man at its head, and it will be given two years' fair trial to show whether or not municipal ownership is a success...
This indicates the most important phase of the value of Thucydides's historical work, namely, trustworthiness. Although it took a large amount of firm independence, Thucydides departed entirely from historical methods current in his day and emphasized accuracy as the prime necessity of history...