Word: news
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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From North Carolina comes the news that this experiment is actually taking place in a large Iron Works and Supply Company. During a meeting called to discuss a disagreement over a twenty percent wage reduction, one of the employes suggested that the plant be managed by the workers and the profits distributed among them. The suggestion was accepted by the company and the experiment has begun...
...work of the CRIMSON news competition which starts on January 6, the Thursday after the reopening of College, will consist primarily of getting and writing up news, with much less routine work than in former competitions. This has been caused by the elimination of the night duty in the printing shop. The purpose of this change is to give the candidates more time for looking up news stories so that the news of the University will be more completely covered. It will also offer a greater opportunity for getting interviews and signed articles from prominent men who visit the University...
Members of both the Sophomore and Freshman classes are eligible to enter the competition, which will last not more than twelve weeks. The successful candidates will become news editors, and eligible to compete for the managing editorship and presidency. News editors will also be allowed to write play reviews, and the editor assigned to cover a sport will accompany the team on its trips; the crew editor, for example, will be sent to Red Top with the crew this spring...
...News comes from Geneva that the League of Nations, attempting to rectify the mistake made by the framers of the Versailles Treaty when they stipulated that Danzig should be considered as an international city, has given Poland military control of the district...
Ever since the plebiscite in Austria rejected the plea for pan-Germanism, it has been evident that Germany's former ally has broken free of Prussian influence and Prussian modes of thought. The recent news from Geneva confirms this evidence; Austria, feeling that it is better to be a repentant member of the League rather than a defiant outcast, has faithfully complied with the treaty stipulations and has finally gained admission to the Geneva assembly. Except for Turkey, Germany has lost her last supporter...