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Dates: during 1900-1909
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This idea is by no means new, but it is interesting to say the least...
...seems Incongruous with the feeling of establishment and continuity that exists in the University at large and particularly in the present administration with such telling results, that the overseeing body of the undergraduate's sport should be in danger of complete renovation. We say "in danger of" advisedly, for it is the earnest hope of the CRIMSON that this renovation will not take place this year and that the Corporation will see fit to continue Dean Briggs and Dean Huribut as members of the Committee, as well as the three graduate members, unless there is some urgent reason for their...
...advocating an increase of popular control, we are confronted by the arguments of those who say that universal suffrage is to blame for the great evils in municipal government, in that men have viewed their development with composure and indifference. To this it may be answered that experiments in municipal reform in Massachusetts, Texas and lowa have shown that universal suffrage may choose men of both honesty and ability. There has never been a case of corruption in all the school boards that have been elected by universal suffrage. The working classes do not at present realize the evils existing...
...soul. The facts about the body are simple; the soul being invisible is only assumed to exist, first through its apparent effects, secondly through self-consciousness. There is but one form of self-consciousness to which we are not passive; we may feel pain or sensation, but we never say that we feel the will. It is always subjective and active...
...say that the record of the baseball team has been a disappointment is putting it mildly indeed. The University felt justified in expecting great things from a team of veterans and a successful coach of one year's experience; but seven defeats out of the last eight games played have shattered any early season ambitions. And yet those who have seen most of the games in the recent defeats have felt that the team has great latent possibilities and is far from the form of which it is capable. Princeton, with a team of experienced players, is in championship form...