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...decision made by the Athletic Committee in its last meeting to the effect that the University football game with Centre Saturday would start at 2.30 o'clock instead of 3, as the tickets read; was made public yesterday. The changing of the time came in the main as a result of the situation which arose last Saturday in the Penn State contest...
There is little probability that the threats of railroad strike will materialize--First, because the Union leaders are too astute politicians to call a strike on account of the 12 percent wage reduction that went into effect last July by order of the Labor Board, for in doing so the railroad unions would not only antagonize the government, but would turn entire public sentiment against them, everybody realizing that the 12 percent from the high wages established during the war was a very small reduction. Second, because railroad employees cannot, under the law, strike on a mere suggestion...
...relate wages and rates as to yield 5 1-2 percent net on property values) should be carried out, and all the clamoring of greedy shipping interests for reduced freight rates and of purblind labor leaders for maintaining high war wages, could in my opinion have little effect on the situation. Conditions under which railroad operation would yield less than 5 1-2 percent net on property values, would not only defeat the purpose of the Transportation Act, but would work against the interests of the country, as it would make it, absolutely impossible either to keep up the railroads...
...have hope--so we suggest that at the next Sophomore or Junior smoker, if there are 175 men present, it be voted that hereafter there shall be only a secretary-treasurer in each class to be appointed by the student Council. If the present Sophomore and Junior classes can effect this change in the constitution it will save certain future students a vast amount of worry. Or, if they prefer, the classes can vote to hold an election for the most popular man in the class--that will accomplish the purpose of the present arrangement and may attract more attention...
...tried to write a history of the war, nor an exposition of its issues, nor an account of the typical spirit of the American army. He believes the war a just and righteous one; but a picture of it does not require a lot of foot-notes to that effect by Mr. George Creel. Like any artist worthy of the name, Mr. Dos Passos has attempt a portrayal of the truth about human life from a given and necessarily limited point of view, striving always for unity of purpose and expression...