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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Where is the 'Annex'?" is a question whose frequency surprises the well-informed. That the inquirer speaks hesitatingly and adds, 'I ought to know, but I don't,' is a tribute to the unobtrusive life of this rigorous offshoot of Harvard. This ignorance as to the location of the Annex is due of course, to the fact that it has no buildings of its own, but occupies rooms in a small house on a side street. Its surroundings compare unfavorably with those enjoyed by the women students of every other eastern school of its rank. Four rooms in a private...
...pistol practice, steam, and work in the machine shops. The drill squads are all under the supervision of naval officers. The course of drills has been carefully arranged and covers a great deal of ground. No detail is neglected. In the Naval Academy it is not sufficient to know how to act under ordinary circumstances. Every contingency must be foreseen and provided against. To secure this result, the machine shops provide means for practical work with iron and steel; a course in mechanical drawing renders unnecessary the assistance of draughtsmen...
...great deal of dissatisfaction is expressed at Yale, not only by the freshmen, but by members of other classes, at the way in which the freshman nine is made up. The captain is accused by those who know the facts in the case of choosing personal friends instead of those better qualified to play. The feeling on the subject is so strong that undoubtedly changes will be made before the Harvard game.- N. H. Union...
...their pernicious ideas of state help and socialism have helped to widen the breach between laborers and capitalists, and as long as these weak protected industries exist, we can have nothing to expect but dissatisfaction and even threats of violence on the part of the laborers who do not know the real cause of the uncertain returns in the industries in which they are employed. A very dangerous element is introduced into our politics at every canvass by the declarations to the laborers, that their livelihood depends upon legislative acts and not their own ability and prudence. Free traders...
...compensate for certain losses. Now, as a rule, no tax is levied by Congress without giving the definite amount and purpose; but the matter of tariffs is an exception. Taxes levied for aiding manufacture are mixed up with other government expenses. Yet the people have a right to know all the particulars of taxation, "how much and what for." All national expenditures and taxes should be purely open matters. This blindness in the tariff system is one great evil. Another evil exists in a tendency of tariff legislation to corruption...