Word: system
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Turning then to the main part of the lecture, Mr. Mansfield said that it is the system of taxation which has caused the great amount of really unjust criticism. In order to maintain education, religion, and an the efficient government the natives have been taxed forty hours of work per month, for which they were paid the usual wages. In enforcing this there naturally have been isolated instances of cruelty and oppression, but it was a false report on the part of the British Consul of the Congo Free State that gave rise to the late accusations of misrule...
...strong presumption in the favor of socialism. Socialism is an undeveloped mechanism and should be judged as such. The government offices are run socialistically, especially the post office, and if the part of the work of the latter which is run by contract were eliminated or changed, the whole system would conform to socialism in every particular. The decision between capitalism and socialism should not be made upon superficial details, but upon the essential principles inherent in each...
Congratulations and best wishes to Captain Withington! There is every indication that the football team which he leads will be distinctly above the average. The foundation has been laid in the past two seasons for a permanent coaching system on the right lines, and the indications are that only a few positions will have to be filled...
...result of a meeting of representatives from the debating organizations of Harvard, Yale, and Princeton last Saturday at Princeton, the triangular debating system will be continued for this year, with the additional provision that unless one of the universities objects by November 1, 1910, the system will be continued thereafter. For the selection of the question, as last year, each university will submit two questions on January 14. These six will then be voted on by the universities, and two will be selected by the order of preference in voting. On January 29, a conference of one undergraduate from each...
...Harvard's objection, the request of Yale and Princeton for the establishment of a Freshman triangular system was rejected...