Word: better
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...arguments of the affirmative were then considered. It was argued that trade-unionism, far from promoting socialism, has been the one practical and effective argument against it. Both socialism and unionism spring from the inherent desire of the working man to better his condition. As trade-unionism has satisfied this desire by bringing about a steady improvement in this direction, the use of revolutionary measures has been foregone...
...unionism has in fact gained for all working men a larger and more real freedom, truer self ownership than they could possibly have had without organization. Examples of conditions before and after the recent coal strike were cited. With increased means and leisure the working man has become a better man and a better citizen. In his elevation the entire country has been benefited...
...Christian Association in the last four years has grown and broadened in all its religious and philanthropic activities. The devotional meetings and the Bible classes are more numerous and better attended each year, and through the philanthropic work an increasingly large number of men are brought into touch with charitable work in Cambridge or Boston. Thirty or forty men, for instance, are sent annually to assist with boys' clubs and men's clubs at the Riverside Alliance. Other men go to assist at the East End Christian Union, at the Francis E. Willard Settlement, at Dennison House, the Civic Service...
...annual football game between West Point and Annapolis will be played this afternoon on Franklin Field, Philadelphia. West Point has made the better record this fall, having scored 122 points to opponent's 28, whereas Annapolis has only scored 67 points as against 78 for opponents. West Point has played this year several of the large university teams, including those of Harvard and Yale; on the other hand Annapolis has had a comparatively easy schedule. Annapolis, however, always plays stubbornly against West Point, and an interesting game should result today. All the spectators of the game will be guests...
...judged at present the University team stands a much better chance of winning than last year, when it was handicapped by the unusual condition of the track. When the team entered the meet last year it had had only three weeks of practice and had developed but very little team-work. This year, however, the team has been so evenly developed that in the trial races there was a difference of only 37 seconds between the first and the sixth man on a run of five and one-half miles...