Word: ruling
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Carb's "The Voice of the People" differs from most recent plays on the subject of boss-rule in that its realism is not a mere sham. The ordinary political drama shows a boss whose wickedness is monstrous, in conflict with a young reformer whose intelligence and altruism are superhuman. Mr. Carb has bravely faced the truth that the problem is never quite so simple. His young heroine begins as a worshipper of her uncle, the boss Dan Magee, who seems so strong and generous; and only gradually she comes to suspect that the system he personifies is corrupt...
...plan has been eminently successful in Oregon. Measures which the legislature would not consider have been inaugurated and passed by the initiative and referendum. A total of 102 acts passed by the people, include the adoption of home rule for cities, proportional representation, woman's suffrage, corrupt practices act, and ballot reform...
Seniors should observe the following rule relating to the election of Marshals: "Every elector shall vote for three candidates for Marshals, indicating his preference for First Marshal. Of the three elected, that candidate receiving the highest number of votes for First Marshal shall be declared First Marshal; of the other two elected that one whose total vote is higher shall be Second Marshal, and the other one the Third Marshal...
Major J. P. Finley, U. S. A., speaking in the Living Room of the Union last night on "Moro Problems in the Southern Philippines, and the American Method of Solution," compared the inefficient rule of the Spaniards from 1580 to 1898, with that of the United States army during the last fifteen years in which remarkable industrial and educational development has taken place. The army, in fact, has done a greater work of civilization than all the other forces which have been working in the Islands for the last 350 years combined...
...with anybody. There are no purely social gatherings and it is extremely unusual in Oxford for strangers to fall into conversation and "make friends"--especially in the Union, where there is no "Living Room" and consequently the most frequented rooms are those in which silence is enforced either by rule or by custom. On the other hand, a man who takes part in the weekly debates, and stands for committees and offices, comes to know hundreds of men from all elements in the university. The debating hall and the committee room of the Union are the places where friendships...