Word: assisting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...entire Nation. The Democratic Party destroyed the balance between Agriculture, Industry and Labor. The Republican Administration gave the situation more serious consideration than it has ever received. Laws have been passed to help. The President secured the formation of a private corporation, with $100,000,000, to assist the Northwest. The revival of the War Finance Corporation, which loaned over $300,000,000, saved agriculture from complete collapse. Intermediate credit banks were established; capitalization of Farm Loan system increased ; emergency loans made to drought-stricken areas; cooperative marketing begun; grain futures and packer-control laws were enacted; farmers given representation...
...Eastman charges that ministers tell their congregations all about the most picturesque side of Home Missions work (such as loving the Indian and victualing the innumerable children of immigrants) ; but that a great portion of money so raised is used to assist small denominational churches which are absolutely unnecessary and which exist only to compete with the church across the village street. The money, says he, is raised under false pretenses...
...save the Freshman," Maine University has instituted a "Pre-Freshman week." Dr. Little, Maine President, outlined this plan: "Pre-Freshman week has among its objects the providing of an opportunity, before the rush of the returning upperclassmen starts, to study carefully the individual problems of freshmen and to assist in estimating their ability to meet the responsibilities and difficulties of college life. It is our belief that in many institutions much time has been wasted by admitting to college a certain number of individuals who could have been warned in advance that the likelihood of their meeting satisfactorily the requirements...
...gracious act of self-effacement for Efrem Zimbalist and Felix Salmond to assist Mr. Paderewski...
...first of the series of seven or more vocational articles which the CRIMSON is arranging in conjunction with the Committee on Choice of Vocations, will appear tomorrow morning. Leading men in all of the principal fields have been chosen to write for the series which is aimed to assist men graduating from college in getting a start in the vocation they have chosen to enter...