Word: shut
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Amherst had a chance to score in the eighth, but a brilliant play by Robinson and Laughlin shut them out. Score...
...Canadian line would require that it be on almost a war footing. The affirmative must prove that there exists a class which must be kept out and that any restrictions which may be proposed would do more good than harm. They have proposed two tests. The illiterate test would shut out a large number from northern and western Europe. The educational test would shut out 44,000 each year from Southeastern Europe. This would cause a vacancy in the labor market and skilled laborers would be forced downward and be compelled to do unskilled labor...
...gentlemen suggest two tests-the illiteracy test and the capitation tax. The first would shut out the most desirable class of immigrants. It does not discriminate between what the man knows and what he is. The capitation tax would exclude the very desirable and useful immigrants from Ireland. It is unnecessary for us to depart from our policy of free immigration to a narrow system of common exclusion...
There were a number of speeches made in opposition, although the final vote was 5-1 in favor of the affirmative. The arguments brought up by this side were, that it would be better to shut out the audience entirely and stick to the old exercises than move to a new location, and that the exercises as held last year would be preferable to any that could be held in the Delta. It was further proposed that the new programme be adopted for exercises in the old place...
...next question is, what are these possibilities for improvement? We believe that the Class Day Committee has made them plain. In the first place the Corporation is satisfied that exercises held in the Memorial Hall Delta will be free from the dangers of the old shut-in location. In the second place many more people can be comfortably seated and adequate standing room provided for the classes and graduates. Thirdly, while all the good points of the old exercises can be retained, substitutes for the bad can be provided which will add greatly to the impressiveness of the ceremony...