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Word: overcrowding (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...minor sports men and Junior Varsity athletes into the inter-House leagues is bound to squeeze a good many House men off the House teams. Since the Associate Plan has been accepted for next year, the associate members will be added to the House teams and may even overcrowd them. At present there is an excellent division between the good minor sports athletes and the not-so-good House men who play sports for the fun of good exercise. Moreover the plan would make the House teams unbalanced, for there are usually more minor sports athletes in one House than...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MAIL | 4/18/1939 | See Source »

...themselves as a force to maintain the status quo, claiming that any benefits gained by such measures are more than offset by losses. It is high time that they are forcefully disillusioned. The Council has helped do this by spiking the argument against the Associate Plan that it would overcrowd facilities. More generally, the House Masters must realize that their most potent contention against both the Junior-Senior Admission and the Associate Plans, that these will destroy House spirit, is woefully invalid. House spirit is ephemeral and amorphous to the point of not deserving consideration when greater human values...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WE ARE SEVEN | 2/9/1939 | See Source »

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