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Knowing that a struggle was inevitable, Andrew W. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury, took the future by the forelock. It is a settled question that the next Congress will have the choice either of giving the soldiers a bonus or of reducing taxation. The progressives in Congress are militantly for a bonus. Many of the conservatives, including Senator Reed Smoot, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, without advocating the bonus, regard it as a certainty. Not so, Secretary Mellon...
...within collegiate walls, it is a step forward; in so far as it turns all our colleges into military academies, it is regrettable, however inevitable it may be. As all men are probably now to be drafted on reaching twenty-one, the Government will be taking time by the forelock. We hope, however, that the plan will stop there and not be carried into the high and grammar schools. In this connection it is interesting to note that the British Government, despite the strain upon it, has definitely and finally refused to allow military training in its schools. Replying...
...departments of instruction in the University and thus are deprived of the great good obtainable from the inspiration of a recognized leader in his particular work has not arrived as yet, but we venture to say it is on the way and so will take time by the forelock and meet it before it comes and invert it. For those who annually sympathize with this complaint, attention is called to the lecture this afternoon by Professor James. The Department of Philosophy lost heavily last winter when he resigned, but it appears we are to have a chance to hear...
...have not been compelled to speak of the board walks this year and complain that they are not put in place early enough, for the past week has seen the authorities take "time by the forelock," and when the rain and snow come we shall be prepared. We render thanks...
...when a large number of members of the sophomore class will have an opportunity to enjoy a jolly good time together. The book to receive the signatures of those wishing to attend is at Bartlett's and already the names of a few who have taken time by the forelock have been signed. We earnestly trust that all who can be present will do so and make the dinner an assured success...