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...England and Wales. With remarkable paralleling, Mr. Galsworthy grips his audience now with pictures of the discomforts and illness of the old father, the head of the Company, and his children; now with the tragic sufferings of the workers and their families; and again with the impassioned appeals of labor agitators before the quarrelling workers, half-erased from starvation and exposure Nothing is settled except that the fortune of the weak and defenceless creates a stronger human appeal than that of the powerful. The extremists on both sides are thrust aside and a compromise is affected...
...afterwards "policy", the correspondent has read into the CRIMSON editorial a meaning which a careful scrutiny does not reveal. "A renewed and thorough-going attempt to suppress the increasing danger" does not necessarily mean "Palmer" methods. A reasonable amount of restraint, tact, and justice in handling the present labor situation is a far better preventive of more "red plots" than methods of unbridled force...
Fencing is a game which, when once mastered, is never forgotten. It is a sport worth many times the labor of learning. But it is a public that wants its cake without working for it, that, in following other sports because they are easily learned, never learns that sport which in itself alone combines the physical and, mental advantages of practically all other sports. In conclusion, I would emphasize again that fencing is more than a game; it is an art, an art greatly valued by all its devotees as every follower of the foils will testify...
...charge of arrangements have announced that the cost will be $1 per plate, and that those who plan to attend must notify W. A. Duerr Occ. in Hollis 3. Dr. A. S. Dewing '02, Assistant Professor in the Department of History and Economics, will speak on "Aspects of the Labor Situation," Dr. Dewing is an authority on railroad regulation and corporate organization, besides being the author of "Corporation Promotion and Organization," and "Financial Policy of Corporations." Plans for the Scholarship And Bureau will be discussed...
...decline of prizes, the present condition would not exist. Last year, whether intentionally or not, the farmers of the country were led to expect that the prices which were in effect at that time would continue through the present year, and as a result, they paid prices for their labor and material which would allow them a profit only if these pirces did continue. Now, however, the nations of Europe cannot afford to buy our surplus, and as a result of this overproduction, food prices in the United States have been greatly reduced and the farmers find that they cannot...