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...justice of the principle which we have enunciated is beyond cavil. It is our duty, then, to stand by that which we have chosen. The consequences of such action, while they ought to be considered, should not change our determination. Harvard is not called upon in the least to sanction professionalism or underhanded dealing in intercollegiate athletics. It is a duty she owes to herself to support the principle in which she believes. In any such action she will be approved by both faculty and graduates, and most of all by our own sense of justice...
...meeting of the directors of the "Economic Club" held yesterday afternoon, with the sanction of the 'Varsity Club the name "University Club" was adopted, and the following officers chosen: President, N. S. Shaler; Vice-President, Geo. H. Norman, Jr.; Secretary, Frank Bolles; Treasurer, Lawrence Brooks; Auditor, James B. Ames...
...present German constitution received its inception. After the Austrian war the Reichstag was established. This body is elected by the people and represents them, while the Bundesrath represents the governments of the different states. The Reichstag is a single chamber, and its main function is to discuss and sanction. The Bundesrath can veto any legislation of the Reichstag, and its vetoes are incontestable. In this is found the first obstacle to constitutional government in Germany. Under the present government a responsible ministry is an impossibility, which forms another obstacle. A third is found in the relation of Prussia...
...spite of the foolishness of these resolutions there are two things in connection with them which please us immensely. First, that as they stand now, they can never get the sanction of the faculty, without which they remain inoperative, and secondly, that the overseers who voted against the resolution-headed by President Eliot and Phillips Brooks-are the liberal, progressive men of the university, under whose direction the real reforms in college work have been carried through...
...Griffing, '89, then spoke for the negative. Woman comes out of her natural sphere when she takes part in political affairs. Her place is at home -a position given her by divine sanction-and when she assumes man's work she acts in opposition to nature...