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March, 71083. eNO: 10. 
Ex-PRESIDENT TAFT 
Now that Woodrow Wilson has 
been inaugurated President of the 
United States, it seems to be the pop- 
ular thing with many pople to criti- 
cally compare with him the now ex- 
President Taft. With all due defer- 
ence to the new chief executive at 
Washington there are many things 
about Mr. Taft that may be recorded 
in his favor. 
William H. Taft, while he was 
President, and at all times, was a gen- 
tleman and played fair. His friends 
and political enemies were served 
alike. His fellow countrymen have 
always found him a ready listener 
when they had a straightforward pol- 
icy to work out. 
To be:sure, Mr. Taft has had 
trouble, but he has been fairly well 
able to keep above water and avoid 
verbal encounters with those who were 
working against him. The efforts of 
some of his apparent political enemies 
to force him to intervene in the Mex- 
ican situation were repulsed by him, 
as he ‘was taking no chances of pro- 
voking a foreign war. 
The new President will find his 
“house in order,” for Taft has stood 
for the sound things, measures which 
have had some substance. For this 
he has been criticised; he has been 
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branded as a conservative of too pro- 
nounced a type. His smile has been 
thought that of the care-free, thought- 
less demagogue, but as has been said 
before, it is probably that of the fel- 
low who laughs last. 
Mr. Taft has enforced the law, not 
excepting friends who were in the 
wrong. He has attempted, with some 
measure of success, to make his ad- 
ministration economical and business- 
like. His appointments have been sat- 
isfactory in all departments, he being 
an admirer of the merit system. 
Above all, he has always been a 
gentleman and has been judicious 
and courteous in his dealings. Some 
of the reasons for his defeat are in- 
deed mysterious. 
Our NEw CHIEF 
Politics has some bad actors, but 
the country is hoping that in the latest 
transition from a period of compara- 
tive unprogressiveness to that era be- 
gun with the presidency of Woodrow 
Wilson the stage will be well set at 
Washington. With the farewell of 
William H. Taft from Washington on 
March 4 came the hail to a new chief- 
tain, a man who must stand the sever- 
est fire of perhaps any one who has 
ever aspired to the biggest office that 
the American people can give a man. 
It looks as if President Wilson is 
equal to the demands made of him. 
Of forceful and energetic character, 
and with the stamp of approval of 
90,000,000 people, the latter look for 
a period of progressive policies and 
material gain in affairs governmental. 
Mr. Wilson is well equipped for his 
position, and although almost entirely 
unknown to the country three years 
ago, has proved the most lively “dark 
horse” that has ever won the spurs 
of a presidential nomination and sub- 
sequent election. His ability asa 
public speaker, his keenness in solving 
problems of governing bodies and his 
great mental force should place him 
in the line of great presidents. It is 
sincerely to be hoped so. 
WitH THE SUFFRAGISTS 
It was to be regretted that the big- 
gest and most emphatic demonstration 
of the strength of woman suffrage in 
this country which was exemplified in 
the parade at Washington this week 
was broken up in an unruly mob. The 
absence of proper police protection 
for the marchers reflects entire dis- 
credit to that force which was respon- 
sible for good order during the dem- 
onstration. 
The parade in itself was nothing 
which could prompt such an express- 
ion of disfavor by those who inter- 
rupted it. It must have been dis- 
heartening, to say the least, for “Gen- 
eral” Jones and her followers to meet 
with such a reception after many weary 
days of plodding through rain and 
mud. Nevertheless, the parade has 
been the most striking piece of work 
that the suffragists have as yet launch- 
ed, and its effect will not be entirely 
lost in the movement. 
SIMPLY AN EXPERIMENT 
In an effort to see whether certain 
Harvard men are chronic “flunkers” 
or that their daily schedule is too 
strenuous, with not enough sleep, the 
authorities at the Cambridge univer- 
sity have issued cards asking the stu- 
dents to record how much time is 
spent in eating, sleeping, studying, at- 
tending the theatre, and kindred other 
diversions which occupy.the time of 
the student. The committee on 
scholarship is to pass on the cards af- 
ter they have been filled out “con- 
scientiously” by the undergraduates. 
Although the experiment would 
seem to be a good one and will at 
least prove interesting to the faculty 
and perhaps the public..at large it is 
doubtful if the daily programs of the 
students can be made over to suit 
the tastes of the faculty. -Some of the 
men are asking themselves what right 
the faculty has to ask them to keep a 
schedule in this way, while others are 
speculating as to what code of “blue 
laws” will be handed down by the 
profs. when the result of the experi- 
ment is known. 
Recommendations will probably be 
made, but whether they will be fol- 
lowed by the Harvard men is another 
question. 
THe Tirantic MEDAL 
The decoration of Captain Rostron 
of the steamship Carpathia with a 
medal voted by Congress was a fitting 
tribute to the work of the captain who 
rendered a valuable service to hu- 
manity at the time of the sinking of 
the Titanic. 
The placing in his hands of the 
medal by President Taft was a dis- 
tinctive recognition of the captain’s 
heroism. It might be said that he 
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