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millionaire for another check. The first
step would be the creation of a new
university or degree giving body on
the following lines. (My suggestions
are of course tentative, and are open to
considerable notifications in detail il
the general principle is accepted.)
% The nucleus of the new univer-
sity would be board Of experts, rep
resenting the most authoritative edu-
cational opinion of the country. These
would constitute a senate. The senate
would draw up the curriculum for de-
grees, and would appoint examiners in
various subjects. In due time the alum
nj Of the university would naturally be
admitted to a share in it's govern
'ment.
(2) All candidates for a degree, in
whatever faculty, would be required to
have first passed an entrance or matri-
culation examination, to which no one
would be admitted who had not COM
pleted his sixteenth year. This ex-
animation would not be of an advanced
nature, but would be thorough as far
as it went, and would include in it's
range all the necessary elements Of a.
liberal education. Certain options would
be allowed, as, for instance, between
one modern language and another, and
between one branch of science and an
other, but the syllabus would be so
drawn up that candidate whose
strong point was science, could not es-
cape a test in language and literature.
and vice versa.
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United Jtatss Jsnaf0r From Massachusetts,.

under provisions of the act which are
combination of the British-Ameri-
can and Spanish mining laws.
One of the most beneficial provisions
of the law is that part which relates to
the purchase by the Philippine govern
+ ment of the lands of the religious or
derS.
There is no one thing more desired
by the natives than the acquisition of
these lands belonging to the friars but
occupied by the natives. These lands
are to be bought and bonds issued to
pay for them, and the lands so ac-
quired are to be sold to the natives on
suitable terms.
Municipalities, subject to the ap-
prevail of congress, are to be allowed
to issue bonds for public improve
mentS, such as the construction of sew
ers, and water supplies, not to exceed
5 per cent of the assessed valuation of
the property of each municipality. The
city of Manila, however, is granted the
right, on account of extraordinary
needs, to borrow $4,Q00,000 for it's pub
lie improvements.
Franchises may be granted in the
islands, but the provisions of the bill
were drawn with the utmost care and
are based upon the corporation laws of
Massachusetts. Ample opportunity is
given to capital, but the restrictions
are very rigid.
The construction of a mint is author
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that the capital stock shall not ex-
ceed 100000 kroners ($56, O00).
Paragraph XI reads as follows: AS
the object of the company is to pro-
mote the general welfare it follows
that the members thereof can lay
no claim to the profits, which when
expense of management, together with
per cent interest on the capital in
vested by the stockholders, have been
paid, shall annually be made over to
the treasurer of .Gothenburg.
Paragraph XVI of the charter reads
as follows: That the directors are au-
thorized to appoint managers for the
eompany's public house traffic, as well
as agents for the retail traffic, such
persons to possess the requisite quail
fications The managers so appointed
are personally responsible for the
strict observance of ALI the rules and
regulations made for the government
of the public house and retail traffic in
liquors, wines, etc. They must also
obey such instructions as the directors
may, from time to time, issue, which
rules and regulations will also be bind
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r National Standard in I@igher Education.

r is generally agreed that there
are already too many universities
in America. That is the reason why
one more is urgently needed
The greater the number of banks
in a city, the more necessary is a clear
ing-house. It is the multiplicity, not the
paucity, of magazines that has brought
into existence a Review of Reviews In
like manner, the very energy which
America has shown in the establish
ment of places Of higher education re-
quires that these institutions be sup
plemented. The rapidity Of their growth
and extension is the strongest reason
for deviSing scheme to coordinate
and systematic the miscellaneous ed
ucauonal forces of the country.
The necessity of simplification is es-
pecially evident when an attempt is
made to appraise the value of a uni
versity degree. AS long as degree-giy-
ing bodies were few, it meant some
thing to be a graduate. Today the mere
statement that a man is an A. B. gives
scarcely any indication Of his intellec-
tual quality. A distinct value is of
course attached to a degree won at a
university which possesses a national
reputation, but it would be difficult for
even the commissioner of education
himself to gauge accurately the com
parative worth of the degrees granted
by all the institutions which he admits
TO his list of colleges and universities
1t is absolutely impossible for an aver
age member of board of trustees or
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sell the company's' liquor at a price
fixed by the company, of which a
schedule is posted up in each public
place and is bound to sell the same as
received from the company, and is
prohibited from adding any ingredi-
ents or otherwise altering the quality.
Once in every three months the di-
rectors. meet and fix the expenses of
each Of the managers, taking into con-
sideration the number of servants en-
ployed, their food, maintenance and
wages and such other expenses as
heat, light, janitor work, damage to
furniture and finally to fix such re-
Enumeration as the directors seem just
for the personal service Of the man
ager.
The last clause provided that. either
party may cancel the contract by CIV
ing notice of intention to do so. It
also provides that the company can
dismiss the manager without notice.
or compensation If any of the rules
and regulations of the company have
been violated.
All wines and liquors are furnished
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BY Herbert %. HorvM.

would be required between any exam
ination and the next above 1t. There
would be no limitation on the other
side. A successful candidate at the in
termediate examination might allow
five years to elapse, If circumstances
made it necessary or desirable, before
entering for his final. An unsuccessful
candidate at any examination might re-
peat his attempts to pass it year after
year, until his perseverance was either
rewarded or exhausted. But no piece
meal system of Conditioning would be
allowed. A candidate who could not
pass his examination as a whole would
be counted as having failed.
CO. Except in the case Of candidates
for medical degrees, from whom some
practical acquaintance with hospital
work would be demanded there would
be no requirement of previous. study at
a college. "A candidate for a degree
might have been educated at any COL
lege in America or out of 1T, or at no
college at all; he might have to his
credit a million Rotations or none;
1T would not make the least difference
to his eligibility for a degree. He would
be judged by his examination, and by
that alone. The university would re-
quire, however, from each applicant
at any rate in the bower examinations
a certificate of good character signed
by a responsible person.
CD No degree or other certificate
from an outside authority would be
recognized as giving exemption from
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territory inhabited by Moros or other
non Christian tribes, the president is
authorized to direct the Philippine
commission to call general election
for the choice of delegates to a popu-
lar assembly of the people in the is
lands which is to be known as the Phil.
ippine assembly and this body, with
the Philippine commission as an upper
house, is to. be the legislative authority
of the islands. The assembly is to con-
stst of not less than fifty nor more than
one hundred members, to be appor-
toned among the provinces as nearly
as possible according to the population
Each province must have at least one
member, and each member is to serve
for two years. The first meeting of the
legislature is to take place on the call
of the governor within ninety days af-
ter the election. It is provided in the
law that at the first meeting of the leg
islature there shall be chosen two resi-
dent commissioners to the United
States.
The chief justice and associate jus
tees of the supreme court of the is
lands are hereafter to be appointed in
the same way as the members of our
own supreme court.
Provision is made for the improve
ment of the harbors of the islands, and
for the construction of bonded ware
houses, WharveS, piers lighthouses and
signal and life. saving. stations.
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lied at Manila, and suitable subsidiary
and minor coins are provided for, un-
der the coinage laws Of the United
States, which, so far as applicable, are
extended to the islands.
There are many other minor pro-
visions of the act which will be of BEN
eft to the islands, but space will not
permit me to go into them here in
detail I have touched, however, on
most of the larger features of the law.
The passage of the bill proves, think,
that the purpose of the American peo-
pie in these islands is Of the best and
our motives the highest.
No Asiatic people has ever had so
large degree of popular representa-
tive government either given or prom
1sed to them. 1t is a great experiment,
one new to the world, but the Repub-
lican party, at least, believes that with
time and patience, both in large meas
ure, we can solve the problem Of the
government of eastern tropical possess
Sions in accordance with American
principles. If we abandon the Philip
pines now we not only shirk a great re-
sponsibility, but we turn the islands
over to bloodshed and anarchy, which
can result only in their absorption by
some strong European power or by
Japan.
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just as well to be discreet in many
cases.
1t is sheer madness to tell a man. of
old love affairs or to read him old love
letters. 1t puts him on the scent, hunt
ing for trouble to justify the wheels
in his head. Never tell a man what
your mother may say of him. This is
sure to result in declaration of war
between him and his mother-i law.
Never tell him how your dear init
mate friend criticises him. Never
tell him that the maid-of-all work
thinks him brute and you an angel.
Never tell him how much you save out
of the housekeeping money to spend
in gazing on the matinee idol, for there
comes a time when it is real hard for
tation of cutting down allowances.
Never tell him about the fiirtations of
your friends, or he will suspect you
of taking part in them. Never tell
him that he looks like a bargain
counter after the rush when he thinks
that he is a walking fashion plate.
Never try to take the conceit out Of
him. Don't tell him that you think
that his partner or boss is in love
with you, or you may be more con-
ceited than wise, and occasion a row
for nothing.
In fact, every wife who has been too
confidential with her husband knows
what it means to be sorry for. herself,
and it is just as we'll to remember that
when her husbands ignorance keeps
peace in the family it is worse than
foolish to let him know too much.
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BY Henry Cabot Lodge.

All the property acquired by the
United States under the treaty of peace
is turned over to the. government of the
islands to be administered for the bene-
fit of the people, thereof.
All the public lands are to be classi-
fed according to their agricultural
character and productiveness and rules
and regulations made at once for their
lease and sale, which must receive
the approval of the president and Of
congress. At the same time, the Phil
ippine commission is directed to see
that all natives who held land prior to
the transfer of sovereignty from Spain
to the United States, but who were
unable to perfect their titles, be al
lowed to complete their titles without
compensation. This provision will be
of the greatest benefit to the natives,
as will the section of the act which pro-
vides that any native who now occu-
pies part of the public domain, ex-
cept timber and mineral lands, may be
given without price, or allowed to pur-
chase, sixteen hectares of land. Cor
porations are permitted to purchase
1,024 hectares of land. Ample pro-
vision is made for the preservation of
the forests, and all money received
from the sale or lease Of any part Of
the public domain goes into the treas
ury of the islands, as do all the other
revenues.
Mineral lands are open to discovery
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On March 81, 1855, S. A. Hodlund, the
editor of the Gothenburg Commercial
Gazette-called in Swedish Handel
stidning-offered at the meeting of the
municipal council a resolution provid-
ing for the appointment of a committee.
whose duties it should be to prepare
a new system for the regulation of the
liquor traffic in Gothenburg. That
committee made it's report the follow
ing month. Among the recommends
tons We're the following:
TO prohibit the sale of intoxicants on
credit
To prohibit the sale of intoxicants to
persons Of tender years and to inebri-
ates.
To provide decent well lighted and
we'll ventilated premises for the sale
OF intexicants, proportionate to the
traffic.
TO provide cooked food at moderate
prices at public houses.
To make drink harder to obtain.
To lower the percentage of alcohol.
To limit the quantity Of spirits pro-
durable by any one person at any one
time.
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To raise the limit Of age for young
persons TO whom spirits may be sold.
To shorten the time for keeping open
where spirits may be sold for consump-
ton.
To restrict the public house traffic
and turn the same into eating houses
TO carry these recommendations into
effect, it was proposed that the au-
thorities transfer the public licenses to
a company who not for any Individual
profit, but in the interest Of the work.
ing classes, would undertake the bush
ness, from which neither they nor the
person engaged as managers might de-
rive any profit. BY this means it was
hoped that the desired results could be
obtained.
On petition signed by some of the
leading men of the city of Gothenburg,
the municipal council granted the petit
ton for charter to be known as "The
Gothenburg Public House Licensing
company" and on Aug. %, 1866, it was
approved by King Charles XIV. of
Sweden.
Paragraph III of the charter provided
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things, and leads their coaches to allow
them. TO do great many things, which
Violate the spirit OF the game, If not the
letter of it's rules.
All this not only spoils athletics as a
training ground In morals, but creates
a general IooseDess of public sentiment
as to things which may be. done and
permitted for the sake of nponey-set-
ting. The men who gSow up in the
midst Of practices like these learn 10
tolerate not only gambling, which is
bad enough. but corrupt manipulation
of the market, which. is even worse.
Our failure to stop the growth Of
an evil as bad as this shows that in
some way we do not get to the root of
the matter. 1t indicates that there are
causes for the tolerance Of this pras-
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by the company and they are OF the
purest quality that can be obtained;
all are inspected by inspectors APP
pointed by the city authorities and
the goods must be sold from original
packages.
While the company was organized In
1866, 1t was not till ten years later
that it came into possession Of all
the places where wines and liquors
were sold. Between 1875 and 1900 the
consumption of intoxicating drinks in
Gothenburg had decreased more than
so per cent.
The revenue derived from the liquor
traffic is devoted principally to the
identifying of the parks and public
places, public hospitals, public baths
and otherwise for the benefit Of that
part of the public least able to pro-
cure it.
From the idea of Editor Hedlund, as
given the public, it has spread to near
ly every city and village not only in
Sweden, but in Norway also, where it
has been legally established, and even
in the Russian possessions of Finland.
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ing on all the officials and agents
whom the company may engage in
their service.
The contract between the company
and it's managers, among other things,
provided as follows: 1.-THE MANAGERS
are bound to- supply the public with
Well-cooked food, either warm or cold,
as may be demanded, as well as cof-
fee, tea, cocoa, small beer, -areated
waters and cigars, all on his own ac-
count.
He binds himself to sell liquors,
wines. beer and Stout for cash only to
be paid at the time of sale, to keep
polite and attentive servants, to keep
the premises clean, airy, well lighted
and well heated according TO the sea-
on.
The manager is expressly forbidden
to sell intoxicating drinks to persons
who show the effects of drinking or to,
persons who are under age or to per-
sons who pay renewed visits within
short intervals for the purpose of OBJ
tanning drinks.
The manager is absolutely bound to
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tfce of betting on athletics which do
not appear on the surface, and that we
must get back to these causes il we
wish really to cope with the difficulty.
1t is customary to treat this habit
of betting as if it were nothing but a
manifestation of the gambling spirit
the spirit which enjoys the .exeftement
connected with risk of any kind. and
which takes pecuniaTyz risks on current
events for the Sase of such enjoyment.
This accounts for a part of the pras-
tiee, but not for the whole. If betting
on sports had been nothing more than
an Indulgence of the propensity to
gamble, -itswouId probably have been
restricted long ago. But it has an
other function, and very important
one, It can be used Az a means Of
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checking irresponsible talk. The pro-
pensity Of some people to brags and
buster makes them at times a public
nuisance. The men in our colleges, es-
Dscially the younger and more callow
ones, are no exception to this rule. I'm
der these circumstances, the demand
that the blusteSer shall back his words
by-a wager of money becomes a means
OF protection TO those about him
against the unpleasant talk which is
otherwise hnned into theiE ears.
!, In this Hespect the practice Of bet
ting. has function not unlike that
which was exercised by the practice of
dueling a century or two ago. In gem,
erationsf past the blusteYer was COM
PEELED to make good his words by the
Wager Of his life. We have become
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z RE matrimonial condolences

w. Please don't Jump that
" way, Mr.. Editor, you make
me nervous, and I am not
going to say anything so very dread
full; but l have been cogitating, and
when ! cogitate 1T is hard work, and
there is something doing.
Conscience is an annoying buZZing
in the head that will not let up and is
beyond the auriSt's skill. A matrimon-
tal conscience is like a pestiferous mos
quito that keeps up an outside buzzing,
but will not light long enough for you
to get a whack at it. The simile is
more expressive than elegant; but there
is little danger that it will fail to be
understood.
monial miseries, and yet the wisdom
toned. A woman should keep her life
cravings that must find vent through
confidential outlets, from the fact that
even though her life be irreproachable,
rifles sometimes loom up to confront
her in giant proportions with just the
soup-con of truth that seemingly Veri-
heS detrimental or sensational story
Personally, I do not believe in Sc
crets that, like a jack-in-th the box, will
spring up suddenly at the merest touch
the slightest proVocation-and lash
ones pulse into a mad gallop through
fear of betrayal; for the best -inten-
toned people have a way, intentional
or otherwise, of betraying secrets that
sends honor to some darkened corner to
weep over the perffdy Of confidants.
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President of Yale University

reefs insult. Let us do away. also with
that indirect mode of insult which
arises from the habit of gkorifcation
of ones self at the expense of the earth
in general We have learned to despise
swagger whom it is intended to give Of
Tense to an individual. Let us carry
our ethics farther, and despise it alto
gether Many of us already do this in
theory; let us have our condemnation
felt in practice. If we have once
reached the point of making it part
of our social code that bluff and brag
and loud talk of every kind are un-
worthy of gentlemen, the only present
Justification for betting will fall to the
ground The rest may be left to take
care Of ITSELF
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betting allows those who have money
: to wager to give themselves free in
diligence IN boasting. In betting, as in
-duelfng, the whole community suffers
under the evils of the practice, with
out realizing much of the Theoretically
possible good.
How was Ssehna stopped? Only by
: the evolution Of a code of pubic .senti-
n1ent which made 1t misdemeanor TO
insult ones fellows by word or deed,
and removed the one gsound upon
which men Of honor had reason to de-
fend the duel. How shall fndiscrim-
mate betting be. stopped? If our. par
allel holds good, by the same means.
We have done away with habits Of d.
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The Philippine Civil Government .cav.

- o much has been said during
the past few years about the
Philippine Islands, both for
and against our retention of
them; what our purposes
We're in holding them, and the chances
of our successful government there,
that it may be Of interest to look, in
some detail, at the actual progress we
have already made toward setting
these people upon the path to repre-
sentative government. The cry, raised
for political purposes, has gone out
from many quarters that we have done
nothing for the natives of these is
lands, except kill great numbers of
them; and the Democratic party, to-
gether with some other far less numer-
Gus but highly vocal organizations, OPP
posed to our rule there, have tried to
give the impression that it was the
intention of the administration to keep
the inhabitants of the Philippines in
practical slavery for an indefinite num-
Der of years, if not for all time
Four years ago we made our first ac-
quaintance with the Phi R)pine islands,
and since then one of the great naval
battles of history has been fought
there, our army and navy together have
taken the islands from the Spaniards
and we have suppressed a serious in
surrection followed by savage and pro-
tracted guerrilla warfare. We have
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OI DOlH men anu WOMEN
have given much time and thought
trying to solve the best methods for
abolishing or cWtailing the consump-
ton of alcoholic drinks. If the liquor
must be sold it cannot be denied that
the sale should be under the absolute
control, either of the municipality, or
as in the case of the system am about
to discuss, in the hands of some re-
sponsible persons who are not handling
it with view of increasing, but of de-
creasing its consumption, and after re-
ceiving certain rate of interest or
dividend on the money actually in
vested, turn the large profits derived
from the sale of strong drinks, over to
the public from whom it has been de-
rived and to whom it belongs.
While visiting Sweden last year, I
had the good fortune TO secure some
official information, giving the results
of the Gothenburg system after
twenty-five years experience.