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Reports of Congressional committees, substantiated by the expressions of great statesmen and endorsed by present Cabinet officials, are unanimous in favor of this reform which is the consummation of all popular government; securing efficiency, publicity, and democracy...
While the country at present is undeveloped to a deplorable extent, the future is not altogether black. The race is naturally able and possessed of sound moral attributes. One weakness, however, is found in the inability of the leading statesmen to withstand prolonged mental strain. Next to the demand for adequate medical aid, some relaxing outdoor sport is the greatest need of the Chinese race...
...annual banquet of the Canadian Club of New York at the Hotel Astor on November 12, there will be a special table for "Harvard Canadians" who wish to attend. A large number of prominent statesmen, railroad and banking executives, and other well-known men of the United States and Canada will be present. Among the speakers will be Secretary Wilson of the Department of Agriculture and a Canadian Cabinet Minister For further particulars and application for tickets address E. Medley Scovil, vice-president, Canadian Club, 44 Broad street, New York...
...Oxford and Cambridge, than which no universities have turned out finer, cleaner, more manly, more highly cultivated, and more practically trained scholars, statesmen, empire builders, or more generous enthusiasts for general athletics and clean sport--in Oxford and Cambridge the purpose is study, and the honors are paid to the scholar. There are no undergraduate newspapers, no class meetings, no college politics, no football rallies, no business managers, no claques for organized applause, no yell leaders, no dances, no social functions of the mass. Social intercourse during term between the sexes is strictly forbidden; and it is a matter...
...Mead said that the early statesmen set a high ideal for this country as a world power,--an ideal which the country has cherished until today it is the greatest among the family of nations...