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...this time the Boxer rebellion broke out in China. Once launched, this antimissionary rising developed into a campaign of pillage and destruction with the main purpose of destroying all Christians. As the imperial government made no attempt to quell the revolt an international army was organized, and the 14th Infantry with Bowen was detailed with the American contingent. He participated in the hard fighting at Tientsin and elsewhere and took part in the attack on Pekin in August, 1900. In this famous engagement the 14th was the first body of troops to scale the walls and enter the city...
...history will give a play, which will be presented in Brattle Hall on May 16 at 8 o'clock. The piece selected is a thre-act comedy by Griseppe Giacosa, the title of which is in the form of a proverb, "Chi Lascia la Via Vecchia perla Nnova say quell the Lascia e non sequel the Trova," which means what he who leaves the old for the new knows that he leaves behind and does not know that he is to find...
...second place, this year happens to be a very crucial one in the matter. Last year policemen were put on duty in the yard to quell disturbance. Their presence was held by many to have helped, not to quell, but to excite disturbance. This year the officers of the University have decided to trust to the students implicitly. Not a policeman will be in the Yard; even the regular watchman has been told not to interfere. The University officers have practically said that, if students can control themselves, they shall have the opportunity of showing it. How that opportunity...
...spoke was the Indian question. This, said he, had shown the theory of ethics worked out on a large field and with dramatic interest, and the theory had been triumphantly sustained. The white man at first sought only his self-interest and drove the Indian away; then, to quell rebellion, he must pacify him with reservations: now he has come to realize that this is unjust to both sides, - the Indian is kept out of the American life, and the white man is kept out of the Indian's land. The result is that he sees he must do right...
...decided to blockade the street until a horse car driver should apologize for insulting a student. Accordingly, they stretched a rope across the street and piled boxes on the track faster than they could be removed. The mayor and several alderman appeared on the scene and tried unsuccessfully to quell the disturbance. Finally the "townies" obtained some hose, and fastening it to a fire plug, turned the water on the students, who charged in a body and, after a hard battle, captured the hose and turned it on the crowd. The melee was settled by the appearance of a squad...