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Previous to 1922, the enrollment at Clark had been restricted to exceptionally well-prepared men who wished to do three years' work for a B. A. There had been no extra-curriculum activities. But pressure was brought to bear upon the college by those who wanted intercollegiate athletics and were not exceptionally well-prepared. So the former three years' basis was changed to a four-year schedule, and intercollegiate athletics were started...
...miners and operators at Jacksonville. There might have been a major strike if there had been a disagreement. Instead a contract was signed extending the present wage scale and all other conditions for three years from the expiration of the present contract on April 1. The miners wished a four-year extension, but the operators insisted on a three-year term in order that the next agreement might not be made in a Presidential year when all politicians are looking for the miner vote. After ten days of unostentatious conference, the agreement, covering the soft coal fields of Illinois, Indiana...
...blood clot in the artery of one leg. While still President of Princeton University, he had practically lost the sight of one of his eyes from a retinal hemorrhage. At the time when he took office in 1913, his doctors were skeptical whether he would live through a four-year term of office, because he was suffering from incipient Bright's disease. His will was greater than these diseases, which he held at bay until the end. His fatal illness first neared him in 1919 during his nationwide tour, speaking in favor of the League of Nations. After...
...insurgents and radicals demanded wage increases of 10% to 25%, a six-hour day and a five-day week. The Scale Committee reported a resolution favoring a four-year contract, and giving the committee, which will negotiate with the operators at Jacksonville on Feb. 11, authority "to secure the best agreement obtainable . . . on the basis of no reduction in wages...
...unbroken stretch of eight years would not prove too appalling for the ordinary student, there might be many advantages. The present system, which completes a four-year, academic unit, before beginning with professional training suits very well the needs of those who do not intend to enter a profession, and of those who do not know which profession they will follow. But the eight-year plan includes a preliminary general foundation equally necessary for every profession; and moreover allows plenty of time in which to select some particular one. In this way it has at least all of the advantages...