Word: acted
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Written under the twin delusions that Americans were chiefly of Anglo-Saxon origin, and that this stock was greatly preferable to Eastern and Southern European strains, the Immigration Restriction Act of 1924 limits total annual immigration to 150,000, with individual nations held to a number proportional to their representation in the total 1920 United States population. However, the "Anglo-Saxons" and "Nordies" received a disproportionately large slice, for other Europeans were considered to be relatively inferior and undesirable. The emigration motivations of the latter were thought to be economic rather than religious or political. Unskilled and numerous, they appeared...
Dean Duhig will succeed Richard A. Waite, Jr. '35, now Dean of Norwich College, as leader of Brooks House activities. In his new position, Duhig will act in an advisory capacity to the student members of the group. He will continue to serve as Director of the Student Employment Office, as Secretary of Dudley Hall Commuters' Center, and as a member of the Board of Freshman Advisers...
...drive to select a one act play to be produced by the veterans' theatre workshop the weekend before Christmas vacation, Jerome A. Kilty '49, director of the group, has announced a contest open to original manuscripts by members of the University...
...Truth in Politics Act to [penalize] such abuses would give us better government just as certainly as the Securities Act has given us better business...
...burlesque vaudeville act, called A Couple of Song & Dance Men, was comparatively easy. Fred worked it out in a mere ten days with a stand-in dancer and then taught Bing to mimic the standin. Astaire's considered critique of Crosby's hoofing: "Bing is a wonderful performer. His dancing tickles me to death. But if I said he was a good dancer, it would be the same as Bing calling me a good singer...