Word: chicago
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Track.--Boston High School of Commerce, Brookline High, Central High (St. Paul's, Minn.), Francis Parker School (Chicago), Quincy High, Lynn Classical High, Morristown, Newbury-port High, Salem High, and Springfield High...
...Jones 2L., Newburyport High; T. W. Koch '14, Central High St. Paul's, Minn.); W. H. Lacey 2M., Quincy High; F. H. Leslie 2Dn., Milton Academy; H. G. MacLure '15, Newton, High; J. C. Rock '15, Boston High School of Commerce; E. D. Smith, 1L., Francis Parker School (Chicago); H. S. Sturgis '15, Andover; R. Tower '15, Middlesex; P. R. Withington 2M., Nols...
Miss Helen Todd, of San Francisco, spoke in Emerson D last evening on the work of the women of the West against the child-labor conditions of Illinois and the condition of the judiciary in San Francisco. Miss Todd, through her connection with Hull House in Chicago, has gathered her facts concerning the working classes t first hand, and s factory inspector in Illinois she learned of the disgraceful treatment of children in the glass factories of that state...
...investigation against the factories and sweat shops was started by the women of Chicago. It was ascertained that children of 12 years of age were being employed in intensely hot glass-works; that the average life of these children after they went to work was between four and five years and that they were being paid $1.50 to $2.00 a week. This was about 1893 and the women immediately set to work to fight the legislature. They were combatted by the Illinois Manufacturers Association and defeated at first, but at last they succeeded in passing a law which made...
...Associated Harvard Clubs will meet in Chicago June 5 and 6, 1914. Arrangements are now under way and committees have been appointed. The general plan is to have the business meeting on Friday, an informal dinner on Friday night, all day in the country with an early dinner Saturday night...