Word: systemize
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...concerned in a company's granting free transportation is common; but it is a fallacy, since the free rider travels at the expense of the public. It is therefore as much a public question as taxation. Judge Cooley discussed this point at considerable length. He pronounced the system of free transportation akin to the spoils system in politics, and declared that the principle that a public function is a public trust must govern the management of railroads...
...full list of the advantages mentioned cannot be given, but a few of those most emphatically dwelt upon by the men who wrote the committee will be of interest; they are: general reputation, superiority of instructors, wide range of courses of instructions, methods of instruction including the elective system; various facilities for work, as libraries, laboratories, museums, gymnasium, etc.; other aids, such as department clubs, lectures, conferences. vicinity of Boston, the cordial relations existing between instructors and students, various religious advantages, financial aid and many others...
...most valuable privileges which students at Harvard are enabled to take advantage of is the great library system. It is now proposed to make it still more useful by the establishment of a special library of German literature. The German department of the general library is well equipped but it is thought most of these books ought to be in general circulation. A special library could be made much more complete and systematic. By having a separate room, as in the Evans library of political science, greater seclusion and better opportunities for quiet study could also be secured. The Evans...
...evening by the Hon, John Jay Knox, who, for many years, held the office of comptroller of the currency. His subject was, "The History of legal tender in the United States," and he was introduced by Mr. J. H. Gray as being virtually the founder of the national banking system...
...system of advisers for members of the freshman class is an entire innovation and it remains to be seen how it will be carried out. It will certainly be of service to those who come here to work, and may be a stumbling block in the way of those who wish to take only "snap" courses...