College Taxation Bill Defeated

The bill to tax college property occupied for residential purposes, which was passed by the Massachusetts State Senate on April 24, was yesterday defeated by the House of Representatives by a vote of 142 to 14.

The defeat of the bill, which is due mainly to the activity of several of the leading Massachusetts educators, including President Eliot, President Hopkins of Williams, President Harris of Amherst, and President Pritchett of Technology, means that the past policy of the Commonwealth to exempt public educational institutions from any taxation on their property will be continued, and that the expenses of these institutions will not be increased by this unnecessary tax.