Word: class
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...inherited by the newly-appointed Union Committee are greatly advanced over those of the first one, which was designed to act purely as a House Committee. Besides managing dances, the Yardling group has entered the political field during that part of the year previous to the election of the class officers. Its chairman invariably becomes a leader of the Freshman class. These developments have been eminently desirable, since it means that students are doing tasks formerly done by officers of the University, and because the men on the Committee are well-picked and capable representatives of their class...
...There are 18 industrial, railroad and public utility corporations in the U.S. with assets of more than one billion dollars each. There are twelve financial corporations in the same class....In each of 22 sovereign States of this Federal Union, according to the World Almanac for 1938, the assessed valuation on real property was less than one billion dollars....In each of 16 States the total valuation of all property subject to general property tax was less than one billion dollars....The assets of each of those giant corporations are subject to authoritarian control by the corporate managers while...
...Council also voted to turn over to Phillips Brooks House $2000 of the money paid in pledges so far. Also $100 will be given to the Class Album Committee to defray initial expenses...
...time you are old enough to receive old age pensions there will be no middle class left," said Edwin A. Lahey, Nieman Fellow, to a meeting of the American Civilization group in the Union last night...
Defining the middle class as "self sustaining and self employing," Lahey warned the gathering to get over the idea of making any money and suggested that for those who had a little idealism, propaganda or legal aid for the cause of labor would be a "big career but you would never get rich...