Word: classes
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...Avery's determination to step up the class of Ward's stock in trade-sell high-priced Oriental rugs, guns, etc. Last week Avery told reporters: "We no longer depend on hicks and yokels. We sell more than overalls and manureproof shoes...
...published; it is also an illuminating interpretation of early U. S. democracy. Its thesis: "Democracy did not arise out of 18th Century political and industrial conflicts, as a momentarily popular view misconceives. Its roots are to be found in the attempted revival of primitive Christianity by the radical lower-class sects of the Protestant Reformation...
Ordinarily, Proprietor Aldrich, now 70, white-haired and robust, hangs out the "No Vacancy" sign before 9 p.m. each night during the Florida tourist season. His guests, middle-class Americans from all over the U. S., pay $1.50 to $3 for a cottage for two, $2.50 to $5 for a double cottage for four - in advance. Trailer fees are 50? for a plot and electricity. Meals at the restaurant, which features Southern fried chicken and pecan waffles, have a 75? top. Motor Courier Aldrich is proud of his big repeat business, says many a doctor, lawyer, U. S. Government worker...
With lucidity, proportion and no cheapness, Bates tells the story of those poor medieval sects (Cathars, Lollards, Waldenses, Hussites) which embraced pacifism and communism as the teachings of Christ. He shows that religious and economic motives were inseparable in their beliefs and in those of their persecutors. Middle-class Calvinism later suited the acquisitive needs of the middle class; the wilderness of America offered both freedom and advantage to both classes...
...results of the poll will be used by the editors of the CRIMSON in writing the Confy Guide booklet for the aid of the Class of '44 in choosing its courses...