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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...whole building embraces an oblong rectangular space of about 130 feet on Kirkland street and about 200 feet on Divinity avenue and Frisbie place. But the Museum proper consists of two wings of unequal length, placed at right angles to each other, the longer one facing Divinity avenue, the shorter one stretching from Divinity avenue to Frisbie place, parallel with Kirkland street, but set back from it some 100 feet. The space between the two wings is conceived of as an ornamental court, with shrubs, statuary, and waterbasins, connected with the Museum itself by cloister-like arcades running along Kirkland...
...overcome the evils of disease and crime which exist in the land, the collectivists have secured the passage of legislation granting them powers to force the people, even in opposition to their rights of freedom, to live clean, healthy lives in proper homes. Where there is contagious disease, there we find the collectivists' forces at work to prevent its spread and overcome its danger. Industries, too, are under regulations which have been brought about by collectivistic influences in society. Everywhere the individual rights of men have been interfered with when the good of the community has been in question...
...every day life men of unimpeachable honesty cheerfully submit to checks and restraints imposed by society on all for the fault of a few. None of us feel insulted at seeing policemen on the streets or watchmen in banks, nor do we take offense at being obliged to furnish proper identification on cashing cheques or opening a credit account. On the contrary, we regard these precautions as contributing in the long run to our own welfare and safety. On exactly the same principle the honest student values the protection which the proctor's presence affords. It gives a significance...
...Student Council has received numerous inquiries as to the proper date for wearing straw hats. Though the Student Council considers such a question to be quite outside its province, it publishes the following for the benefit of the inquirers...
...department states that conditions are no worse near the College than elsewhere in the city, but this seems scarcely tenable, Quincy street throughout its entire length, and Kirkland and Oxford streets where fronted by University grounds, are in a deplorable state, uneven and with crossings several inches above the proper level, while Trowbridge and Craigie streets are, comparatively speaking, in good repair. The condition of Dunster street and Boylston as far out as the Stadium, and of those streets around the Post Office block is disgraceful, even making every allowance for the wear occasioned by subway construction. In fact...