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...colleges. His wide knowledge of social conditions, his sincerity, and enthusiasm have brought him fame and popularity as a lecturer. In modern life no social conditions are so menacing and perplexing, so much a matter of concern to college men, as those due to the complexity of crime and graft in the life of large cities. Therefore, we welcome Mr. Bates who comes to tell us what he has learned in a lifetime devoted to the unselfish and sympathetic study of these conditions in the "underworld" of New York City...
...Powys argued that with Socialism would come an end of graft in public office, because the incentive for private ownership would vanish with the elimination of private property. The speaker's ideal was to have machinery supplant much present human labor, so that men will have shorter working hours and consequently a chance to develop genius and individuality...
Detective William J. Burns of Chicago, will speak in the thing Room of the Union tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock Detective Burns spoke here last spring on the McNamara case. His broad knowledge and long experience in the prosecution of graft on a large scale makes his talks highly interesting. His subject for tomorrow has not yet been announced...
Detective William J. Burns will speak in the Living Room of the Union Tuesday week at 2 o'clock. Detective Burns has recently been connected with the prosecution of graft in the police department of New York and is well known as having secured the majority of the evidence used in the conviction of the McNamara dynamiters. He spoke on the latter subject in the Union last spring. His subject for next Tuesday has not yet been announced...
...discovers that to defeat him is futile--he will merely be superseded by someone else. She must destroy the ignorance that makes the electorate demand graft and willing to pay high...