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...objection of the New York Federation of Labor to the acceptance by colleges of educational donations appears to be an instance of undue prejudice on the part of labor and an ignorance of the benefits which such gifts as the Rockefeller and Carnegie endowments have given Labor claims that these gifts "cannot but undermine to a degree democratic independence in higher educational institutions." In this assertion, it is mistaken in that the source of the donation has no influence on the ideas which higher institutions propagate. A teacher or professor has always had the right to his private opinion maintained...
...trials for the University Debating team, open to all members of the University will be held this evening at 7 o'clock in Emerson J. Candidates will make five-minute speeches on either side of the question. "Resolved that the Employers of Labor Should Give up the Principle of the Open Shop...
Samuel Gompers, President of the American Federation of Labor, will speak at the Union under the auspices of the Student Liberal Club on Saturday, March 10, according to an announcement by the officers of the Liberal Club. Mr. Gompers will discuss the question of labor and capital, dealing largely with the question of the Open Shop. It was at first planned to have Elbert H. Gary, President of the United States Steel Corporation, debate the question with Mr. Gompers, but Mr. Gary was unable to accept the invitation to speak, and rather than have a man of secondary rank debate...
...Gompers has been an advocate of the rights of labor and connected with the efforts to organize the working people since 1855, was one of the founders of the American Federation of Labor, and has been its President, except for one year, since...
...Albany, who are now exhibiting at the Cooperative and are ready to take measurements at any time. It will be impossible for this company, which is the only one officially recognized by the Class Day Committee, to fill all the orders by May 1, on account of labor and supply difficulties, unless some men have their measurements taken immediately...