Word: parliament
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...other public affairs. The best single model of such an institution which could be followed is the Oxford Union--a world famous forum for the discussion of every leading question of the day, a debating ground in which the proven leaders are practically assured of a seat in Parliament. The Harvard Forum of a year or two ago were the modest beginnings of an attempt to follow the famous English model--and incidentally to solve at the same time the ever present problem of the Union. While it is to be hoped that the Forum have not permanently perished under...
Edward Hopkins, born in 1600, was a successful London merchant who came to New England in 1637. He was several times Governor of Connecticut Colony; and on his return to England he was elected to Parliament and appointed Warden of the Fleet under Cromwell. His will expresses his desire "to give some encouragement in those foreign plantations, for the breeding up of hopeful youths, both at the grammar school and college, for the public service of the country in future times'; and his educational bequests to New England are of great importance. Part of the income of one of these...
...possibility of ultimate service to the cause of scholarship, to consider. On this day, set apart distinctly for Phi Beta Kappa, it deserves praise for what it has done, rather than criticism and a suggestion of what it might do. Perhaps, however, as John Milton said of the Long Parliament in his "Areopagitica" the highest praise is the praise that this suggestion confers--a belief in the sincerity and excellence of the aims of the organization to which it is addressed...
...Dublin Review, delivered a lecture in Emerson D yesterday afternoon on "The Character of Disraeli," Disraeli, in his rise from the masses to the foremost place in England, in the power and respect he commanded while prime minister, was very like Napoleon. In spite of his frigid reception in Parliament, and the early discouragements of his career, he remained undaunted...
...confers no lasting gain on the working class, since the coal operators and the railway managers promptly raise rates and prices to several times the amount of the increase. The present aim of the working class is to bring all its influence, by striking and by political pressure on Parliament, to bear on the nationalization of coal mines and railways. Public ownership of tramways in London, as a first step, has been a complete success, bringing a reduction of rates and an increase of wages...