Word: offing
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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As its chief aim this year, the Shannon Post of the American Legion will devote itself to enlisting as many members of the University as possible in the Americanization work which is now being conducted in Massachusetts. Men, whether Legion members or not, who wish to enroll in this activity...
Americanization work, as officially set forth by the Massachusetts Board of Education, has the following aims:--
"1. To make English a common medium of speech.
"3. To preserve the best contributions brought from the Old World and unite them with the best ideals of the New.
At present there are 333,000 persons in Massachusetts, ten years of age and over, who need instruction in speaking, reading and writing English. Of these 118,000 are unable to write in any language and 215,000 are unable to read and write English. Ninety percent of these people...