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...means," said Mr. Stoddard. "In England it was established by law in the mining districts as far back as 1890. The great impulse toward it came during the war, when shop committees were established in many industrial plants of this country by the War Labor Board. The chief object of this was to increase the production of labor, and therefore production committees as well as grievance committees were established...
Nowadays when one wants to be particularly nasty, he calls the object of his wrath a "socialist". "Bolshevik" and "communist" are other terms frequently used--all in a very vague but uniformly defamatory manner. Yet not so long ago, these words were in perfectly good repute; and though it might stamp one as a crank and impractical idealist, to be a socialist or communist was not held to be a stain on one's character. Just so the little word "liberal" has come to "cover a multitude of sins", this time as a camouflage for less respected designations. Properly speaking...
...first article of the new constitution it is definitely stated that: The name of this organization shall be the Harvard Glee Club and in the next article it is provided that "the object of the Club shall be to promote interest in the singing of good music...
...Andover "Phillipian" which gave an account of a meeting at the Yale Club "at which 200 fellows were present." The underlying cause of the meeting was to try to get rid of the present ill-feeling against Yale." I know of other meeting of a similar nature, whose object was perhaps rather to establish a more friendly feeling toward Yale than to get rid of an ill-feeling. And Princeton has done the same thing...
...general theory of the game is readily explained, especially if one understands either hockey or basketball. The prime object is to score more goals than your opponent, the means of scoring being the principal difference. Hockey has its puck and stick; lacrosse its rubber ball and crosse. In hockey they dribble, pass, and shoot the puck; in lacrosse they run, pass, and shoot the ball...