Word: opinions
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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President Eliot was one of the leading speakers at a public meeting held in Faneuil Hall, Boston, yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of advancing the cause of the public opinion bill which is now before the State Legislature. The bill aims to increase the use of the referendum and the introduction of the popular initiative...
Robert Treat Paine '88 presided, and introduced President Eliot, who said that he firmly believed in the bill which, in principle, will bring about more public interest in legislation, although the details of the bill might, in his estimation, be altered. He said that by its very essence, the opinion of hundreds of thousands of people is bound to be more accurate and more representative than any expression now given by legislators exposed to political influences...
...fact that Harvard has proportionately less to lose than perhaps any other Massachusetts college or university, we are glad that President Eliot has still been one of the strongest opposers of the bill, on the ground that the interests of all our colleges are inseparable. The undergraduate opinion on the question may not be entirely unbiased; but we do feel strongly that attempts to separate the interests of colleges from the interests of the states in which they are located, is unfortunate for both alike. We have reason to hope, however, that the opinions of unprejudiced men which have appeared...
...Avenel divides the history of labor and its relation to the State into three periods, the servitude period, the free period, and the despotic period, the last of which is yet to come. But wages obey no laws prescribed by legislatures; they are governed solely by public opinion. State laws regarding labor are obeyed only so long as they coincide with natural laws...
...solution of the financial problem could in my opinion be found in this way: (1) sell to members of the University, for $5, or less if possible, an H. A. A. ticket admitting to all home games in every sport major and minor; (2) abolish subscriptions, except for class teams, and leave managers and candidates for managerships free for the legitimate work of their positions, getting men out and looking after the general needs of the teams; (3) support all teams which the Athletic Committee allows to represent the University from a common fund, accruing from gate receipts and ticket...